New Orleans Draining Co. v. De Lizardi

Tho judgment of the majority of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The petition alleges that, on or about the 9th of August, 1836, the plaintiffs made a contract with M. De Lizardi & Co., of New Orleans, by which the Draining Company bound themselves to consign, for sale, to F. De Lizardi Co. of London: 1st, Fifty bonds of the State of Louisiana in favor of the said plaintiffs, bearing five per cent interest, each bond being for one thousand dollars. 3d, Three hundred and sixty bonds also for one thousand dollars each, boaring five per cent interest, drawn by the corporation of the city of…