Lea v. Terry

This case comes up on a judgment rendered upon a peremptory exception filed by defendant.

‘‘ Petitioner states, that on or about the 26th of May, 1831, Franklin W. Lea executed, by act before Lyman Briggs, Notary Public at Covington, in the parish of St. Tammany, a deed of sale to John Or in Terry, now of the parish of Livingston, of the following described property, to-wit: ” (Here follows the description of tho land conveyed.)

“Your petitioner shows that the consideration expressed in said act was the sum of (§900) nine hundred dollars cash, and (§5,000) five thousand dollars in notes of…