Louisiana College v. Keller
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE ^TUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action instituted by the trustees of the Louisiana college, .established at Jackson, in East Feliciana, to recover from the defendant the sum of five hundred dollars, .the amount of his subscription to said eollege.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE ^TUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action instituted by the trustees of the Louisiana college, .established at Jackson, in East Feliciana, to recover from the defendant the sum of five hundred dollars, .the amount of his subscription to said eollege. The action is brought on the following instrument of writing: “We, the subscribers,'agree and bind ourselves to pay the sums severally annexed to our names, to. any person or persons who may be appointed by the legislature of the state of Louisiana to receive the same, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This suit is brought to recover of the defendant a sum of five hundred dollars, which he promised to pay to any person or persons who might be appointed by the legislature of the state of Louisiana to receive the same, on behalf of a college which may be established in the town of Jackson, in East Feliciana. This engagement, which was subscribed by the defendant, in common with various other citizens, for different amounts, was on the express condition that the legislature should establish and endow a college at Jackson, at its next session.
The defendant, in his answers, admits that he signed…
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