Collins v. Louisiana State Lottery Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. This is a suit on a contract of sale. Three circumstances concur to the perfection of the contract of sale: the thing sold, the price and the consent.
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PPEAL from the Oivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. This is a suit on a contract of sale. Three circumstances concur to the perfection of the contract of sale: the thing sold, the price and the consent. O. O., Arts. 2*189,1779, 1811, 1816. As between the pm'ties the sale is considered to be perfect and the property is of right acquired to the purchaser with regard to the seller as soon as there exists an agreement for the object and for the price thereof, although the object has not yet been delivered nor the price paid. C. C., Art. 2156. Plaintiff lias proved that he…
1Opinion of the Court
*11The opinion of the court was delivered by
Eenner, J.
The ground of plaintiff’s claim is that he is the owner j by purchase, of one-twentieth of ticket No. 12,122 in the drawing of January 13, 1890, which drew the prize of $100,000.
The defendant denies plaintiff’s ownership.
The salient facts are the following: On January 10, 1890, plaintiff sent to defendant, t>y express, from Baltimore, Md., a package containing an order for twenty twentieths of tickets in the drawing of January 14, and $20 as the price thereof. The order was written on a blank furnished by defendant, and contained, amongst…
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