Purdon v. Linton's Executors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APTEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to recover and compel a re-conveyance of certain city property, which the plaintiff conveyed to the late John Linton by public act dated May 15, 1834. The suit is instituted against the executors, the widow in community and heirs of the deceased.
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APTEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to recover and compel a re-conveyance of certain city property, which the plaintiff conveyed to the late John Linton by public act dated May 15, 1834. The suit is instituted against the executors, the widow in community and heirs of the deceased. The plaintiff alleges that he conveyed the property in question to Mr. Linton to secure him against certain endorsements which' he had made on his (plaintiff’s) accoun;|¿ to the amount of nineteen thousand and thirty-nine ddlJqVs; that these obligations were since all taken up…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case has been submitted upon written arguments, and presents the single question, whether there is sufficient legal evidence in the record to show that a contract between the plaintiff and the late John Linton, purporting to be a sale of certain lots in the city of New-Orleans, was, in fact, not intended to operate as such, but was entered into for the sole *566purpose of securing Linton Against certain endorsements, from which he has since been released by the plaintiff. .
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2Cited by1 opinion
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