Case Name: L. M. Anderson v. A. B. B. Irwin
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1852-06
Citations: 7 La. Ann. 494
Docket Number: 
Parties: L. M. Anderson v. A. B. B. Irwin.
Judges: Rost, J. I concur in the opinion of the Chief Justice.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 494–495

Head Matter:
L. M. Anderson v. A. B. B. Irwin.
Judgment cannot be recovered against tbe owners of a steamboat, on a note given by the clerk, although on its face it purports to have been given for stores furnished the boat. If the note is relied on to bind the owners, as a receipt for stores, it must be proved that the clerk who made the note, was clerk at the time that they were received.
A note, given by the chief clerk of a steamboat for stores, is such a settlement of the account, as interrupts the prescription under article 3499 of the code. (Preston, J., dissenting.)
APPEAL from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J.
J. S. Whitaker, for plaintiff.
JR. H. Barker and Marr, for defendant.

Opinion:
By the court; (Slidell, J., absent.)
Eustis, C. J.
I do not recognize the doctrine which authorizes the clerks of steamers to bind their owners by promissory notes, issued by them, as in the case under consideration.
If the document relied upon is to be considered as binding on the owner, as a receipt for stores received for the use of the boat, for which the clerk was authorized to give a receipt on delivery, it ought to have been shown that Dougherty was the clerk at the time of the delivery of the stores.
This the evidence does not establish. I think the case is with the defendant on the evidence.
It is ordered, that the judgment of the district court be reversed, and judgment is rendered for defendant, with costs in both courts.
Rost, J. I concur in the opinion of the Chief Justice.