Hunter v. Williams

The case appears to he correctly stated by defendants’ counsel in their brief, from which we quote as follows, viz : “ This action is founded on four notes drawn by Wyley Davis in favor of George C. McWhorter, Treasurer of the State of Louisiana, or his successors in office, each for the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars and sixteen cents, dated 20th January, 1851, payable on the 20th January, 1852, ’53, ’54 and ’55, respectively, with six per cent, interest from date. These notes were given for the purchase of school land sold under the provisions of the statutes providing for the sale of…