Chambliss v. Miller

This suit was dismissed on an exception, and the only question in the case is whether the facts stated in the plaintiff’s petition constitute a legal cause of action in their favor.

The plaintiffs allege in their petition :

“ That on the eighth day of March, 1854, William 'Bailey sold and conveyed to Mrs, Caroline S. Bell, widow of Robert Bell deceased, and to Robert Carter Nicholas, then of Jefferson Parish in this State, the land mentioned in the annexed copy of the act of conveyance marked (A), and which is made a part of this petition. ”

“ That the price agreed to be paid for said land by…