Canal Bank v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. On the first of May, 1833, the Canal Bank, L. Millaudon, Samuel Kohn and John Slidell, caused to be sold at public auction a lot or portion of land, being part of McCarty's plantation, adjoining Carrollton, situated at the upper end of the parish of Orleans, and containing seven hundred and seventy-seven acres, which, as alleged in the petition, was adjudicated to Robert Copeland, as the last and highest bidder, for the…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. On the first of May, 1833, the Canal Bank, L. Millaudon, Samuel Kohn and John Slidell, caused to be sold at public auction a lot or portion of land, being part of McCarty's plantation, adjoining Carrollton, situated at the upper end of the parish of Orleans, and containing seven hundred and seventy-seven acres, which, as alleged in the petition, was adjudicated to Robert Copeland, as the last and highest bidder, for the sum of twenty-six thousand dollars, payable by instalments; the purchaser to have the lines run at his own expense. That…
1Opinion of the CourtBullakd, J.
The plaintiffs represent that they caused to be exposed for sale at public auction a portion of land situated partly in the parish of Jefferson and partly in that of Orleans, being a part of what is known as McCarty’s plantation, adjoining, but not included in the plan of a town lately laid out called Carroll-ton, which they had previously caused to be laid out and divided into five lots of irregular forms and unequal dimensions and a plan to be made by a surveyor. That at the public sale one of the lots designated as number five, containing about seven hundred and seventy-seven acres was…
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