Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Scott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 15, 1842PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, King, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This a petitory action by which the plaintiff seeks to recover an undivided ha If of a piece of ground in the town of Alexandria. He alleges that the mercantile firm of John C. Pryor & Co., which was composed of John C. Pryor and himself, purchased the said property at the sale of the succession of John P. Randolph ; that on the 6th of February, 1830, while he was absent from the parish of Repides in the discharge of official duties, his partner, John C. Pryor, pretending to act in the name of the firm, but without any authority to so do, made a conveyance of the lot of ground to F. M.…
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