Dickason v. Bell

Merrick O. J.

The defendant, John M. Bell, as syndic of his own creditors, on the eighteenth day of May, 1853, sold at public auction to Charles Richardson, a negro man for $1265 and a negro woman and child for $1325. The one-third of the price was paid in cash, and for the residue, Richardson gave his two promissory notes for $863 33$ each, payable in one and two years, with eight per cent, interest from date. The notes were subscribed by Richardson and the plaintiff as his surety, who bound himself in solido with him. On the 6th of April, 1854, Richardson brought an action of redhibition to…