Long v. French
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APrEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to make him a title to a certain lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, in pursuance of a memorandum of sale.
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APrEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to make him a title to a certain lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, in pursuance of a memorandum of sale. The plaintiff alleges he has paid two hundred dollars in cash, and is ready to assume the other payments, according to agreement, but that the defendant has refused and failed to make him a legal title, to his damage four hundred dollars. He prays judgment, compelling the defendant to execute a title to the property, and for his damages. The…
1Opinion of the CourtEustis, J.
The plaintiff alleges, that he contracted with the defendant for the purchase of a lot of ground, by an agreement annexed to the petition ; that he has paid to the defendant the sum of two hundred dollars, part of the price of the lot, and that the defendant refuses to comply with his contract, though requested by the plaintiff: he lays the damages at four hunched dollars. The object of this suit is to compel the defendant to execute a conveyance of the property by authentic act, and to recover damages.
By the tenor of the instrument referred to, it appears that “Benj. F. French sold to Wm.…
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