Littleton v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from the District Court of Bienville, Jones, J. The vendees, the defendants, buying up a better title than that of the vendor, and the vendor being guilty of no fraud, he can only be compelled to refund to the vendee the amount of money he paid for the better title. Equity treats the purchaser as a trustee for the vendor, and acts done to perfect the title by the vendees in possession, -inure to the benefit of the vendor. 5 An.
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from the District Court of Bienville, Jones, J. The vendees, the defendants, buying up a better title than that of the vendor, and the vendor being guilty of no fraud, he can only be compelled to refund to the vendee the amount of money he paid for the better title. Equity treats the purchaser as a trustee for the vendor, and acts done to perfect the title by the vendees in possession, -inure to the benefit of the vendor. 5 An. Reps. 200 ; Pepper v. Dunlap, 12 Peters’ Reps. 294; Galloway v. Findlay, Cook’s Tenn. Reps. 211; Leary v. Kirkpatrick, Mitchell v. Barry, 4 Hayne, Tenn. Reps. 136 ; 3…
1Opinion of the CourtVoorhies, J.
We think the District Judge erred in not allowing the credit claimed by the defendants on the note sued upon.
It appears that on the 12th of July, 1881, Lott G. Owens, whose estate is represented by the plaintiff as administrator, sold to the defendant, by sous-seing privé act, a tract of land described as Lots No. 1 and No. 2, in fractional section No. 13, in township No. 17, of range No. 10, the title to which was derived from Micah Miller, as the immediate purchaser from the United States. On the 13th of August, 1847, Micah Miller sold the undivided half of Lot No. 1 to John Slams, by…
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