McGavock v. Woodlief
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. It is difficult to institute an argument on a proposition which, appears so plain as that the plaintiff’s case was not made out on the facts stated to be proven; but as the judge below, even after argument for new trial, persisted in the opinion that plaintiff had proven his case, we will analyze the allegata and probata. The plaintiff’s petition was clearly demurrable; but as he was allowed to make all the proof he…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a mit of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, held hy the district judge for the eastern district of Louisiana.
The suit was brought by Woodlief, a broker in the city of New Orleans, against the defendant, to recover the sum of two thousand, six hundred dollars, as a commission for negotiating the sale of a plantation and slaves.
The petition sets out that on the 16th November, 1855, the defendant employed the plaintiff to procure a purchaser for his sugar plantation, situate on the Bayou La Fourche, in the State of Louisiana, and seventy slaves,' for the price of $180,000,…
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