Coci v. Johness

This litigation grows out of a written contract entered into on March 13, 1940, under which the plaintiffs, William S. Coci and Emanuel D'Antoni, agreed to buy, and defendant, Johness, Inc., agreed to sell, five lots of ground in what is known as the Bridgedale Subdivision in the Parish of Jefferson.

Plaintiffs allege that the defendant corporation breached the contract and failed, though put in default, to deliver the property in accordance with the contract, and they pray for judgment condemning the defendant to pay over to them double the amount of the deposit which was made when the…