Mayor v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action against the maker and endorser of two promissory notes, given as part of the price of a lot of ground, comprised in the vacant space or square between Customhouse and Bienville streets, and in front of Old-Levee-street, in the city of New-Orleans.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action against the maker and endorser of two promissory notes, given as part of the price of a lot of ground, comprised in the vacant space or square between Customhouse and Bienville streets, and in front of Old-Levee-street, in the city of New-Orleans. When these notes became due, they were protested for non-payment, and the present plaintiffs, the Mayor, Aldermen and inhabitants of the city of New-Orleans, instituted suit to recover the amount thereof, for the benefit of the sinking fund, in…
1Opinion of the CourtEustis, J.
This is an action against the drawer and endorsers of two promissory notes. The answer alleges, that the defendant, James Hopkins, is the owner of a certain lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, situated on Levee-street, between Bien-ville and Custom-house streets, that he holds, and his vendors have always held said property, under titles describing it as fronting on the river Mississippi, that the space between his lot and the river was designated on the original plan of the city, and on all plans subsequently made, as public property, in consequence of which he, Hopkins, was a front…
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