Parker v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district» This action was brought to recover from the defendant fifteen hundred dollars, and the facts of the case are in substance as follows: By a contract entered into with Fiske, the agent of the defendant, (who owned a lot on the Batture) it was agreed that the plaintiff should fill it up, in conformity with the police regulations of the city and suburbs of New-Orleans, for which he was to receive the price of fifteen hundred dollars…
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Appeal from the court of the first district» This action was brought to recover from the defendant fifteen hundred dollars, and the facts of the case are in substance as follows: By a contract entered into with Fiske, the agent of the defendant, (who owned a lot on the Batture) it was agreed that the plaintiff should fill it up, in conformity with the police regulations of the city and suburbs of New-Orleans, for which he was to receive the price of fifteen hundred dollars at the expiration of one year from the date of the contract, provided he produced a certificate from the city surveyor…
1Opinion of the Court · MaRtinMaRtin, J.
delivered at March term 1829, the opinion of the court. This action, like that of Parker vs. Walden, 6 Martin, n. s. 713, is brought on a contract between the mayor of the city of New-*68Orleans and the plantiff, in pursuance of an adjudication to the latter of the filling up of the present defendant’s lot. The plaintiff further alleges, that Fiske, the defendant’s agent, promised to pay therefor, within one year, fifteen hundred dollars, with interest at ten per cent, if not punctually paid, the defendant producing a certificate from the proper officer that the lot was rightly filled up.
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