Case ID: la-ann_27/html/0456-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Howell, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 4089.
    Widow Stewart v. V. M. Killmartin and J. B. Davis.
    The defendant, a married woman to the knowledge of the broker who negotiated the lease on which she is sued, being without authority to make the contract or to stand in judgment, and not being shown to be pursuing a separate business for herself, the plaintiff can not recover.
    APPEAL from the Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans. Col-lens, J.
    
      Louque, for plaintiff and appellant. Mc&loin c6 Nixon, for defendants and appellees.
   Howell, J.

This is a suit for rent according to a written lease of certain premises to Mrs. Killmartin, with J. B. Davis as security.

It is shown by competent evidence that Mrs. Killmartin was a married woman, and the house broker who negotiated the lease for plaintiff knew this fact. She was not authorized to make the contract of lease or to stand in judgment, nor is it shown that she was pursuing a separate business for herself. The judgment, therefore, as rendered adversely to the plaintiff, is correct.

Judgment affirmed.