Wintz v. Vogt

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

EüSt'ís, C. J.

The plaintiff sues to recover from the defendant §500, the amount of a penal bond given by the defendant to the plaintiff as part of the consideration of the sale of a butcher’s stall in St. Mary’s market in this city, the object of which was to secure to the plaintiff the custom and good will purchased by him, which might be diverted from the defendant. The condition of the bond Was that the defendant should not sell, or cause to be sold, on his account, beef meat within the city of New Orleans, or any of the municipalities, or…