Lallande v. Lee

The petitioner sues on two notes of hand for the sum of #3000 each, which were given to secure a part of the price of a tract of land, sold by him to the defendant, as containing eleven and a half arpents front on the bayou Maringouin, by a depth of eighty arpents. In the act of sale, filed with the petition, a mortgage is retained to secure the price; and the prayer is for a judgment for the amount claimed, with ten per cent interest, and the execution of the mortgage.

The answer admits the execution of the notes, and the contract of sale and mortgage, but proceeds to allege a diminution in…