Meyer v. Weil

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

This suit is brought on the following written obligation :

“ $3,000.00.

' “Bayou Sara, La,, February 24, 1883.

“This is to certify that I am to pay to Joseph Meyer, the sum of three thousand dollars, on tho first day of February, 1884, said sum being agreed upon as per contract signed before C. W. Barrow, clerk, this day, and being his interest in the property of the store of Simon Weil, upper store.

(Signed) Simon Weil.”

The defense is failure of consideration. On an averment of injury, inflicted on him by the plaintiff, in bis business, the…