M'Donough v. Zacharie

*314The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Porter, J.

The petitioner on the 23d of January, 1818, sold to one' John T. Pemberton, a plantation situated in the parish of Iberville, containing two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six arpents of land together with thirty slaves, for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, twelve thousand dollars of which were paid in hand, and the balance of the price, viz: one' hundred and thirteen thousand' dollars, was covenanted to be paid in ten equal and annual instalments.

The deed evidencing this…