Lejeune v. Vaufrey Sugar Planting & Mfg. Co.

Citations

• 123 La. 871
• 49 So. 603
• 1909 La. LEXIS 795

Syllabus

<p>Partnership (§ 199*) — Actions—Parties.</p> <p>Where plaintiff leased from defendant two plantation storesTor the purpose of selling supplies to laborers, with the right of handling the pay rolls, and paying himself out of the money due for wages, and then entered into a partnership with a third person for the purpose of conducting the business in one of the stores, and thereafter the defendant breached the agreement by withholding the pay rolls and money thereon, held, that as against the defendant, who had ignored the existence of the partnership and attempted to hold plaintiff alone responsible for its acts, the plaintiff had standing to recover damages sustained by himself and the-partnership by reason of defendant’s violation of the contract. Torian v. Weeks, 46 La. Ann. 1502, 16 South. 405, reaffirmed.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Partnership, Cent. Dig. §§ 369-371; Dec. Dig. § 199.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>