Bordelon v. Coco

The defendant Coco, at a probate sale of succession property of the estate of Jean P. Bordelon, in February, 1863, became the purchaser of a lot of hogs at the price of five hundred dollars, and in conformity with the terms of sale executed with the other defendants two promissory notes each for one-half the price, and payable respectively in one and two years from the day of sale, with interest at eight per cent, per annum from maturity of each note. In 1866 the plaintiff, as administrator, brought suit to enforce payment of these notes, and the defendant set up in his answer that the stock…