Powell v. Markham

Plaintiff-sued to recover'of defendant $1,863 21, with eight per cent, interest from 12th July, 1860, and to have his privilege as undertaker enforced, on a house built on lot eight, in .block forty, in the town of Shreveport, upon the following obligation':

“ Shreveport, La., July 12, 1860.

“ One month after date, I promise to pay to John S. Powell or bearer, the sum of- one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-*582one cents, with eight per cent, per annum, interest, for furnishing the brick, materials, and building the brick dwelling-house on lot of ground number eight, in…