Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT ' OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. The plaintiff, F. N. Bissell, and his wife, who was formerly the wife of Abram Wright, now deceased, sue to recover from the defendants a large sum of money, which they' allege was paid, and also damages, on account of an eviction from a certain sugar plantation, by a previous mortgage given on the property by the defendant’s ancestor.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT ' OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. The plaintiff, F. N. Bissell, and his wife, who was formerly the wife of Abram Wright, now deceased, sue to recover from the defendants a large sum of money, which they' allege was paid, and also damages, on account of an eviction from a certain sugar plantation, by a previous mortgage given on the property by the defendant’s ancestor. The plaintiffs show, that on the 13th May, 1827, Joseph Erwin sold to Abram Wright, for the sum of eleven thousand dollars, payable in fifteen years, a…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs seek to recover in this action, damages occasioned by an eviction of a tract of land and a number of slaves, which they allege were purchased by their ancestor, from the ancestor of the defendants. The eviction is shown to have taken place, in consequence of a mortgage given by Erwin. The essential character of that contract, and of another subsequently entered into between Erwin and Wright, forms the principal subject of controversy in the case.
The act under private signature of the 13th of May, 1827, recites that Erwin sells to Wright the property in question, for a sum of…
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