Brown's Executors v. Copley & Jessup
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Westem- Dis. •Ieceae rnoM the cOúiít oé the seventh bisthIct, eoh the taM'sh oé ' OUACHITA, THE JUDGE OÉ THE SIXTH EB-ESlnlNG. This is án action against thé principal and his surety on & ’note of $810, given for the price of a slave, purchased by Copley at the probate sale of S. D. Brown’s estate. , The defendants admitted the execution of the note and' iis consideration.
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Westem- Dis. •Ieceae rnoM the cOúiít oé the seventh bisthIct, eoh the taM'sh oé ' OUACHITA, THE JUDGE OÉ THE SIXTH EB-ESlnlNG. This is án action against thé principal and his surety on & ’note of $810, given for the price of a slave, purchased by Copley at the probate sale of S. D. Brown’s estate. , The defendants admitted the execution of the note and' iis consideration. They averred, that Copley sold the slave to one A. D. Peck, who covenanted and hound himself to take up their note to the plaintiffs. They annexed the act of sale to Peck to their answer, and prayed for time until the…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The defendants are appellants' from a judgment renderéd against them for the price of a slave purchased hy Copley at the Prohate sale of the estate of Samuel D. Brown, deceased* for which he and his co-defendant gave their promissory note. Some time after, Copley sold the slave to one Peck, who expressly covenanted and agreed to pay the note of defendants to Brown’s estate, and in all things in relation to said note to save them harmless. In the court helow, the defendants in then1 answer set forth all the facts, and attach to it a copy of the sale to Peck, and call upon him to defend them,…
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