Case Name: Richard Suydam v. Henry L. Kinney
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1852-11
Citations: 7 La. Ann. 621
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard Suydam v. Henry L. Kinney.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 621–621

Head Matter:
Richard Suydam v. Henry L. Kinney.
Plaintiff has the right to offer evidence to rebut the plea of prescription, aud when the plea is filed in the Supreme Court, the cause will be remanded for a new trial.
Plaintiff, who sues ns liquidator on a contract made with a firm, must prove his authority to sue as liquidator, although it be not specially denied.
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, L
John Livingston, for plaintiff.
Grymes and Reid, for defendant.

Opinion:
By the court:
Slidem., J.
A plea of prescription having been filed in this court, and the plaintiff having the right to offer evidence to rebut it, the cause will be remanded for a new trial. C. P. 902.
It is proper to add, that the evidence before ns does not establish the plaintiff's right to maintain this action. The note upon which the suit is brought, is payable to the order of Suydam, Jackson 8^ Co., and Suydam claims as liquidator of that firm. This capacity is one arising out of contract; and, under the rule laid down in McDonald v. Millaudon, a special denial was not necessary, to put the plaintiff upon proof of his authority to sue as liquidator. 5 L. R. 405.
It is therefore decreed that the judgment be reversed, and that this cause be remanded for a new trial, the-plaintiff to pay the costs of the appeal.