McKerall v. McMillan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Boyce, J. The judgment below was in favor of the plaintiffs as against McMillan, and the suit was dismissed as to the other defendant, Brashear. From the judgment of dismissal, the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
Walter Brashear, one of the defendants, is sought to be made liable as the security of John P. McMillan, for a sum of $ 2,988 23, with interest at ten per cent per annum from the 15th of December, 1841, being a balance alleged to be due by his principal on a lot of ground bought by the latter on the 6th of March, 1837, at a public sale made for the account of Watson McKerall and the heirs of P. A. Dejarnatt. The petitioners allege that some time after all the instalments of the sale had become due, they instituted legal preceedings against John P. McMillan, under which the property was…
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