Le Guen v. Gouverneur
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
On the 13th of April, 1795, the respondents, as factors of the appellant, sold to Isaac Lopez, M. Lopez, jun. and Abraham Rivera, merchants, under the firm of Gomez, Lopez & Rivera, about six hundred bales of cotton, at 371 cents per pound, and 12,000 weight of indigo, of the Isle of France, at two dollars per pound, amounting to 122,415 dollars and 36 cents; for which the purchasers gave their promissory notes, payable in one year, with interest after 60 days.
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On the 13th of April, 1795, the respondents, as factors of the appellant, sold to Isaac Lopez, M. Lopez, jun. and Abraham Rivera, merchants, under the firm of Gomez, Lopez & Rivera, about six hundred bales of cotton, at 371 cents per pound, and 12,000 weight of indigo, of the Isle of France, at two dollars per pound, amounting to 122,415 dollars and 36 cents; for which the purchasers gave their promissory notes, payable in one year, with interest after 60 days. A written contract, by direction of the appellant, was entered into between the respondents and the purchasers, and among other…
1Opinion of the CourtRadcliff, J.
The appellant in this cause formerly recovered a judgment in the supreme court against the respondents, which, on a writ of error, was here affirmed. Since that period, the respondents have filed a bill in chancery,, alleging a fraud in the contract for the sale of certain .parcels of cotton and indigo, for the amount or value of which they were held liable by that judgment, and they claim relief On the ground of this fraud. It is unnecessary to be. more particular in stating the. different proceedings on this much litigated controversy, as they are fully in the possession of the court. It…
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