Baldwin v. Wood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
easteen Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a promissory note of one thousand dollars, due for bricks, furnished by the plaintiff to the defendant, for the use and construction of a dwelling house, which the latter undertook by written contract to build for J. L. Florance. The note is signed by the defendant, and was protested the 24th June, 1834, for non-payment.
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easteen Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a promissory note of one thousand dollars, due for bricks, furnished by the plaintiff to the defendant, for the use and construction of a dwelling house, which the latter undertook by written contract to build for J. L. Florance. The note is signed by the defendant, and was protested the 24th June, 1834, for non-payment. The plaintiff prays judgment against Wood, for the amount of the note, and that Florance be made a party, and any money in his hands coming to the defendant, as undertaker for building…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
The defendant, A. T. Wood, contracted on the 27th January, 1834, to furnish materials and build a house for Jacob L. Florance, at the corner of Lafayette square and Camp-street, for the price of sixteen thousand four hundred and ten dollars, of which four thousand dollars were then paid, and the balance stipulated to be paid at various stages of the work, as it progressed to completion.
The plaintiff sold to Wood a quantity of bricks, to be used in the construction of the house, and gave his promissory note for the price, which being protested for non-payment, forms the basis of the action. On…
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