Barthet v. Andry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. ArrEAL FROM THE COMMERCIAL COÜRT OF NEW-ORLEANS, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. This is an action to rescind a contract, and for the return of a payment, as having been made in error of law. was given for annulling the new contract, and for the return of the bank stock, reserving to the defendant his right against the plaintiff, for His proportion, in an action against the joint obligors. The defendant appealed.
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Eastern Dist. ArrEAL FROM THE COMMERCIAL COÜRT OF NEW-ORLEANS, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. This is an action to rescind a contract, and for the return of a payment, as having been made in error of law. was given for annulling the new contract, and for the return of the bank stock, reserving to the defendant his right against the plaintiff, for His proportion, in an action against the joint obligors. The defendant appealed. The plaintiff purchased a tract of land from the defendant, and gave his three promissory notes, payable in one, two and three years, for sixteen thousand dollars each, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
The plaintiff purchased from the defendant, a tract of land for seventy thousand dollars, of which twenty-two thousand were paid in cash, and for the balance, the plaintiff gave his three several promissory notes to the order of, and endorsed by Antoine Maurin. In the deed of sale, the defendant bound himself, in case the plaintiff should re-sell the whole or a part of the land, to raise the mortgage by which the aforesaid three notes were secured, and to return the said notes on receiving the amount thereof, after deducting eight per cent, discount, or to exchange them for notes of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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