Kernion v. De Villier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action to recover the amount of three promissory notes of one thousand dollars each, drawn by tbe defendant Gustave Jumonville de Villier, payable to the order of Charles Framjois Coulon Jumonville de Villier.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action to recover the amount of three promissory notes of one thousand dollars each, drawn by tbe defendant Gustave Jumonville de Villier, payable to the order of Charles Framjois Coulon Jumonville de Villier. They were given for the price of one-fourth of a small sugar plantation, which the defendant purchased from Kernion and C. F. C. Jumonville de Villier, by public act, dated the 8th of March, 1832. The plaintiff Kernion sues as syndic of his own creditors to recover the amount of these notes.…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
This suit is brought on three promissory notes, made by the defendant, payable to the order of C. F. Coulon Jumonville de Villier, and endorsed by him, &c., and are now in the hands of the plaintiff, as syndic of his own estate surrendered to his creditors.
The defendant pleaded a failure of the consideration for which the notes were given. The case was submitted to a jury, by whom a verdict was found for him; and judgment being thereon rendered, the plaintiff appealed.
It appears by the evidence of the case, that the notes in question were given in consideration of a purchase made by the…
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