Longo v. Leo Feist, Inc.
Longo v. Leo Feist, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
The record here contains none of the trial record except the brief judgment appealed from, being an extract from the equity journal. There is an inexplicit agreed statement of the case, and of the evidence, apparently made up under Equity Rule 77 (28 USCA § 723). We gather from this that Leo Feist, Ine., obtained a money decree against Vito D. Longo, and had it levied on “the restaurant business including fixtures situated at 701 Camp Street in tbe City of New Orleans,” and that Dominick Longo, tbe father of Vito D. Longo, filed an intervention, claiming “the business and fixtures” as his own. ' The intervention was denied. There is no itemization or description of the fixtures levied on and claimed, but it is stated that sixteen exhibits were offered in evidenee, “being bills of sale for the various fixtures which were made out to D. Longo.” We understand that the fixtures described in the bills of sale were those levied on, and that the D. Longo named in them was Dominick Longo, for he testified without contradiction that he purchased and paid for the fixtures. We are at some loss to know what is meant by tbe “restaurant business” as a thing levied on. Tbe food, furnishings, and cash on hand, in addition.to the fixtures, can be seized and sold by the marshal; but we do not understand that the mere good will of a business apart from control of the premises can be. It is testified by both Dominick and Vito that Dominick had with his own funds bought “the
Unversed and remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
Reversed and remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- LONGO v. LEO FEIST, Inc.
- Status
- Published