Relf & Zacharie v. M'Donogh
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dis. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. These are cross actions. In the first the plaintiffs, Relf & Zacharie allege and show that on the 1st of July, 1829, they executed to the defendant, M’Donogh, six promissory notes for the entire sum of $74,779 84, payable annually in six years from the time the first became due, to wit: on the 1st April, 1830. These notes were given by the present -plaintiffs to liquidate an old debt secured by mortgage,…
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Eastern Dis. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. These are cross actions. In the first the plaintiffs, Relf & Zacharie allege and show that on the 1st of July, 1829, they executed to the defendant, M’Donogh, six promissory notes for the entire sum of $74,779 84, payable annually in six years from the time the first became due, to wit: on the 1st April, 1830. These notes were given by the present -plaintiffs to liquidate an old debt secured by mortgage, called the “ Pem-berton debt,” due by a plantation and slaves, purchased by Madame Zacharie in 1821, but which was…
1Opinion of the Court 1
The judges being divided in opinion, the majority pronounced the following judgment:
2Opinion of the Court · SimonSimon, J.
In the first of these consolidated causes, the plaintiffs claim the reimbursement of the sum of eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars, which is the amount of a promissory note of hand by them paid to the defendant, which, together with five other notes, amounting altogether to ninety thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-eight cents, are alleged to have been executed without a cause, the petitioners not having received any consideration for the same ; they also pray that the…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- M'Donough v. ZacharieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1833
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