Board of Com'rs for Bayou Terre Aux Bœuf Drainage Dist. v. Baker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Bernard; Nemours Henry Nunez, Judge. Specific performance by the Board of Commissioners for the Bayou Terre aux Bceuf Drainage District against Earl R. Baker. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff sues to enforce specific compliance with a contract whereby defendant agreed to buy at par 180 of its bonds, of $500 each. Defendant admits that he agreed to buy valid bonds issued by plaintiff, to the number and at the price stated in the petition, and expresses his willingness to accept and pay for such bonds, but he alleges that the bonds which have been tendered to him, though of the denomination and at the price agreed on, are not valid bonds, for the reasons:
1. That the special election purporting to have approved of the organization of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Esteves v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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