Etie v. Sparks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. This case arose on a commutative contract, in which the plaintiff engaged and sold to the defendant, a certain quantity of plant cane, with the privilege of cultivating it with some stubble cane, on a piece of land; also, the hire of ten slaves, two work horses, and two yoke of oxen, &c.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. This case arose on a commutative contract, in which the plaintiff engaged and sold to the defendant, a certain quantity of plant cane, with the privilege of cultivating it with some stubble cane, on a piece of land; also, the hire of ten slaves, two work horses, and two yoke of oxen, &c. The defendant engaged on his part, to pay eleven thousand pounds of sugar, and molasses in proportion, to be delivered to the plaintiff in the month of February, 1830, following the date of their agreement, which was the year…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
This action was instituted on a contract, by which the plaintiff sold to the defendant a quantity of sugar cane for *465plants, and the right to cultivate the ensuing year, some stubble cane belonging to.the petitioners; and by which there were hired to the defendant ten slaves, and some horses and work oxen. The matter principally contested in the court below, was the performance by the plaintiff of the obligations assumed by him in the agreement above referred to. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for six hundred and ninety dollars and five cents. We have examined the evidence,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loreau v. DeclouetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
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