Case Name: M. A. Copley v. John Lawhead & Co.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1856-07
Citations: 11 La. Ann. 615
Docket Number: 
Parties: M. A. Copley v. John Lawhead & Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 615–615

Head Matter:
M. A. Copley v. John Lawhead & Co.
A partnership formed for the purpose of running a steam-sawmill, and making and selling lumber, and of carrying on the lumber business generallyis a commercial partnership. O. C. 2796.
APPEAL from the District Court of the parish of Morehouse, Richardson, J.
Morrison, for plaintiff. Parsons, for defendants and appellants, Newton & Hull, for Sharp & Shelton.

Opinion:
Spoffokd, J.
The defendáis have appealed from a judgment against them insólido, upon a promissory note signed in their partnership name.
The only question is, was the partnership a commercial one? The articles state that the partners associate themselves "for the purpose of running the steam-sawmill at Point Pleasant, and of making and selling lumber, and of carrying on the lumber business generally." The lumber business generally, includes the buying of timber as well as the selling of lumber. « Commercial partnerships are such as are formed (1) for the purchase of any personal property, and the sale thereof, either in the same state or changed by manufacture." C. C., 2796. See also Succession of Hamblin, 3 Rob, 130; Hubbell v. Read, 14 L. 244; Nachtub v. Praque, 6 An., 759.
It is, therefore, ordered that the judgment appealed from he affirmed with costs.