Legal Opinion

Muse v. Hill

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 25, 1949No. 3165Published

1Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff alleges that on the 17th day of January, 1949, he sold a 1947 Chevrolet convertible automobile to the defendant Hill, and for the purchase price, received a check from Hill in the amount of $1500. It appears that this check was not good and was given merely as evidence of indebtedness for the purchase price. It is also shown by the evidence that at the time, Muse was indebted unto Hill, a secondhand car dealer, as the result of a prior transaction, and that the car was sold to Hill in order to enable him to sell it or to borrow money under a chattel mortgage, so that Hill could take…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Conger v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  2. Dreyfous v. CadeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. Foote v. Sun Life Assur. Co. of CanadaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  4. Pierson v. CarmoucheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  5. Allen, Nugent & Co. v. BuissonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883

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