Bloch Bros. v. Ferchaud
Bloch Bros. v. Ferchaud
Opinion of the Court
rendered the opinion and decree of the Court, as follows:
This is a suit for a balance of account due for advances made by plaintiff to defendant in 1913 for the cultivation and harvesting by the latter of a rice crop during that year. The only contested item of the account is one of $133.87, being a commission of 2 1-2 per cent which, in addition to the conventional interest of 8 per cent, is charged upon the amount of said advances. This item was stricken from the account by the trial Court and plaintiff seeks by this appeal to have it reinstated.
Under such circumstances the account became an “account stated,” the equivalent of an acknowledgment and settlement between the parties.
James vs. Fellows & Co., 20 A., 116.
Blanc vs. Scruggs, 26 A., 208.
Robinson vs. Day, 7 A., 201.
Bloom vs. Kerns, 30 A., 1263.
Sentell vs. Kennedy, 29 A., 679.
Allen vs. Nettles, 39 A., 790.
Flower & King vs. O’Bannon, 43 A., 1043.
Leeds & Co. in Liquidation, 49 A., 501.
Danneman & Charlton vs. Charlton, 113 La., 287.
It is now too late to entertain the charge that any item of the account is usurious. Any complaint on that score should have been urged within the year after the account had attained the dignity of an “account stated.”
Allen vs. Nettles, supra.
Flower & King vs. O’Bannon, supra.
Leeds & Co., in Liquidation, supra.
Danneman & Charlton vs. Charlton, supra.
The judgment is accordingly amended and to that end it is now decreed' that it be increased in principal to the
Amended.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.