Blanchard v. Maureau

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The defendants refuse to pay a portion of the price due by them fora plantation, on the ground that they have just reason to fear an eviction. The court below gave judgment against them for the price, with a stay of execution till the plaintiffs furnished security against the eviction apprehended, in the snm of $4,000. The plaintiffs have appealed.

The land was purchased by P. F. Oyon, at the probate sale of the succession of Anne Bourg, in 1816. It formed a part of the community which had existed between her and Mathurin Daunis, h'ei'husband.…