City of New Orleans v. Camp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiff sued for land of which defendant has the possession, and to which he lays claim to title. It appears that, in 1810, the property was conveyed by plaintiff to Isaac Camp (and defendant claims title by mesne conveyance from the original vendee, Isaac Camp) for the sum of eight hundred dollars, net, not to be paid before twenty-nine years, and then payment to be made by the purchaser if he desired to pay. In other words, the payment of the price was left to his pleasure at the end of the time before mentioned. He was bound by a…