Bennett v. Treadaway

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit for the recovery of an $800 deposit made by plaintiff in connection with his offer to purchase certain real estate. Plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal from a judgment dismissing his suit.

Plaintiff is a seaman who, during the time of the transactions here involved, was regularly at sea for ten days and at home for two. He was unable to read or write but could sign his name. He signed two offers, both prepared by an employee of Treadaway, defendant real estate agent herein and selling agent for the property, for the purchase of 1420-22 Delery Street, New Orleans.…