Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Miller

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1880No. 7776PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Con-cordia. Hough, J. First — That the parol evidence to show the consideration of the transfer from Miller & Walton to John A. Miller was inadmissible, is established by the following authorities: Skillman and Wife vs. Lacey, 12 M. 404; Clark vs. Farrar, 3 M. 252, 253 ; Hart vs. Clark, 5 M. 614; Semple vs. Fletcher, 3 N. S. 385 ; 2 L. 447; 17 L. 366; Girocl vs. Yiaes, 23 An. 588; 8 M. 216 ; the cases of Semple…

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APPEAL from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Con-cordia. Hough, J. First — That the parol evidence to show the consideration of the transfer from Miller & Walton to John A. Miller was inadmissible, is established by the following authorities: Skillman and Wife vs. Lacey, 12 M. 404; Clark vs. Farrar, 3 M. 252, 253 ; Hart vs. Clark, 5 M. 614; Semple vs. Fletcher, 3 N. S. 385 ; 2 L. 447; 17 L. 366; Girocl vs. Yiaes, 23 An. 588; 8 M. 216 ; the cases of Semple vs. Fletcher, 3 N. S. 385 ; Pothier on Obligations, 1.1, pt. 4, art. 3 ; 0. 0. 1808, 241,1876, 2275 ; 6 M. 429 ; 4 N. S.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Manning, C. J.

The plaintiff sues to recover $4,798.50 with interest of R. P. Miller and G. L. Walton in sólido, and $1,701.50 of the latter individually, and also to annul a sale made by these parties to John A. Miller of a plantation, and to subject it to the payment of his debt. John A. Miller being dead, hi£ daughter and heir Georgia Miller, is a party defendant as his representative. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the moneyed demands against R. P. Miller and Walton, and in favour of all the defendants, rejecting the demand for the…

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