Marionneaux v. Edwards

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

This suit was brought to recover damages for the alleged breach of a contract to transfer real estate. The petition sets forth that, on the 18th July, 1845, a tract of land of six arpents front by forty in depth, lying in the rear of the plantations of the plaintiff and defendant, was sold at probate sale, and that the defendant had agreed with plaintiff to purchase the land in his own name, and, when the plaintiff was ready and willing, the defendant was to transfer and sell to him the land lying in the rear of his plantation, at the same…