McWilliams v. Stair
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Rozelle McWilliams against G. A. Stair. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff seeks to compel defendant to accept title to a certain piece of real estate, in New Orleans, and has appealed from a judgment rejecting his demand to that effect. It appears that defendant ¿greed with John Reusch, the then owner, to buy the property for $6,500 cash; that he deposited $650 with plaintiff, who was acting as the agent of Reusch, to bind the bargain ; that he declined to comply with the agreement, because upon examination the title proved to be unsatisfactory; that Reusch then made a conveyance of the property to plaintiff and subrogated…
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