Diggs, Hobson & Co. v. Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to compel the defendant, Henry Parish, to deliver up a bill of exchange, in his possession and deposited in the Canal Bank.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to compel the defendant, Henry Parish, to deliver up a bill of exchange, in his possession and deposited in the Canal Bank. The plaintiffs allege they agreed to sell the defendant a bill of exchange for $1450, drawn by Picket, Banks & Co., on •John B. Diggs, and by the payees and these petitioners endorsed, to be paid for immediately in Mississippi funds at par; and which was delivered to the defendant, who has failed to com-nlv with bis engagement; having only paid $500. They pray , . . that the hill be delivered np to…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
This is an action in which the plaintiffs seek to recover possession of the Bill of Exchange which was the subject of the suit of Parish vs. Hozey, sheriff, lately decided by this court, ante. They represent that on the 15th of April, 1839, they agreed to sell, to the defendant, a Bill of Exchange, &c. amounting to $1450, that said defendant did not comply with the principal condition of the contract, which was to pay the whole amount of the price thereof immediately, but only paid $500 on account of said price; and that consequently they have remained the owners of the bill. They further…
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