Mourton v. Robertson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SECOND PRESIDING. This suit was brought by the assignee of Nerault, to recover from the defendant, the sum of three hundred and seventy dollars. It appearing that the latter had made a payment of fifty dollars, the plaintiff had judgment for the balance, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
This suit is based on two notarial acts; by one of these, the defendant became debtor to a certain Frangois Nerault, in a sum of money exceeding the claim of the plaintiff. By the other, the creditor transferred and assigned over to the plaintifij three hundred and seventy dollars, of the sum due to the former, and of the amount transferred, the defendant paid to the assignee fifty dollars, previous to the commencement of the present action. For the balance, three hundred and twenty dollars, judgment was rendered against him, from which he appealed. . .
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