Coupry's Heirs v. Dufau

The defendant, sued on a bill of exchange, which the petition stated to have been by him delivered to the plaintiff’s ancestor, and which was duly presented, answered that he had received from the latter a quantity of indigo, which he undertook to ship to France, and for which, he undertook to pay, on the safe arrival of it; and accordingly drew the bill, on which the suit is brought, to cover the value of the indigo at the price *91agreed on, and a sum of money, which was at the time paid him—that the plaintiffs’ ancestor faithfully promised, not to present the bill, nor demand the amount of…