SHEAR v. COOPER

No. 24.

134 So.2d 663 (1961)

Ben SHEAR, d/b/a Ajax of Louisiana v. Succession of James Leland COOPER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1961.

Certiorari Denied January 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gertler, Hart & Duran, Melvin J. Duran, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Julian B. Humphrey, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before McBRIDE, REGAN and YARRUT, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment denying him recovery on five promissory notes, totalling $10,500, signed "Court of Two Sisters—per Dolores Cohen." The "Court of Two Sisters" was a trade name employed by James L. Cooper, decedent, and the present suit was brought against the administratrix of his succession more than one year after his death.

The trial court refused to receive parol evidence that Dolores Cohen, who signed...

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