Collins v. Desmaret
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A APPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J. 1. A contract of sale of real estate situated in the State of Mississippi is regulated in point of form, substance and validity by laws of that State. Succession of Larendon, 29 An. 952. 2. The description of the land is amply sufficient under the laws of Mississippi Bingaman vs. Hyatt, 1 Smedes and Marshall’s Ohan.
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A APPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J. 1. A contract of sale of real estate situated in the State of Mississippi is regulated in point of form, substance and validity by laws of that State. Succession of Larendon, 29 An. 952. 2. The description of the land is amply sufficient under the laws of Mississippi Bingaman vs. Hyatt, 1 Smedes and Marshall’s Ohan. R. 437. 3. The court will take judicial notice of the fact that the common law forms the basis of jurisprudence in Mississippi, except in so far as modified by statute, Kling vs. Sejourn, 4 An. 129; Copeley…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
Alleging an indebtedness of defendant for the sum of $2250, plaintiff prayed judgment therefor. That demand was met, first, by an exception of no cause of action, and, it having been overruled, by an answer setting up a general denial and other defences. On the hearing there was judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the sum demanded, and after an unsuccessful effort to obtain a new trial the defendant has appealed.
The plea of.no cause of action is directed at the averments of the petition which are declaratory or descriptive of plaintiff’s…
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