Canal Bank v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs as vendors of á' tract of land or lot of ground, against their vendee, after having failed in several attempts to compel a compliance with the terms of adjudication and payment of the price, to rescind the sale. This case has been several times before this court.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs as vendors of á' tract of land or lot of ground, against their vendee, after having failed in several attempts to compel a compliance with the terms of adjudication and payment of the price, to rescind the sale. This case has been several times before this court. See 6 Louisiana Reports, 543; 8 Idem., 577; 12 Idem., 34. In these several cases, all the facts material to the present case are fully stated, except that in the first one, the plaintiffs claimed a strict compliance with the terms of…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
On the 1st of May, 1833, the plaintiffs offered for sale at auction a certain tract of land near the village of Carrollton, which was adjudicated to the defendant, the last and highest bidder, for twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars, payable *77one-tenth in six months, one-tenth in twelve months, for notes satisfactorily endorsed, with mortgage; and the residue of the price in two, three and four years, for notes secured by mortgage, but without endorsers. This adjudication has been a fruitful source of litigation in our courts, and the history of all the proceedings had in relation to it…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Watson v. FeibelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Loyacano v. Villere & BurglassLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Shapiro v. KimbroughLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
- Atkins v. GarrettDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1917