City of New Orleans ex rel. Nicholson & Co. v. Ferriere

The plaintiffs claim from the defendants, in the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, eleven hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-six cents, with interest, being the amount of a bill for paving done by Nicholson & Co., under a contract with the said city.

Gernon and Westmore, two of the defendants, and the vendees of L. L. Ferriére, pleaded the general issue, and by supplemental answer called in warranty, Louis L. Ferriére, their co-defendant, in this suit.

Ferriére excepted to the plaintiffs’ petition, because it does not state any ownership to he in him of any definite piece of property,…