Brewer v. New Orleans Land Co.

The New Orleans Land Company entered into contracts to sell to J. E. Morel and Dr. Benjamin Chamberlin certain lots in the city of New Orleans. William Brewer, James G. Sullivan, and Thomas I-I. Ryan, the plaintiffs herein, desired to purchase these lots, and the New Orleans Land Company, the defendant herein, through one of its agents, procured assignments of the contracts mentioned from Morel and Chamberlin, in favor of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs then made a cash payment to defendant, gave it certain notes, and continued paying for the property, under the contracts assigned to them. After…