Jamison v. Ludlow
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J. relied on C. C. 2256. 3 Mart. 250. 3 Mart. N. S. 692. 2 Ib. N. S. 361. 1 Ib. N. S. 640. Greenleaf, Evid. § 275.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
The defendants, being indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $1680 30, the parties entered into a Written compromise, by which the defendants agreed to pay one-half of that amount, by instalments, and for the residue they were released. The plaintiffs now seek to recover the other half of the debt, upon the ground that they were induced to make the compromise by false and fraudulent representations of the defendants, and upon the further ground of a subsequent promise to pay.
It appears by a bill of exceptions that, on the trial of the…
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