Cleneay v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Mrs. S. E. Cleneay and others against N. S. Dougherty. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
One Simon J. McKenzie, a promoter, without means, conceived the scheme of purchasing about 20,000 acres of timbef lands, ostensibly for cash, and of paying the price out of the proceeds of the sale of $200,-000 of bonds secured by first mortgage on the same property. The titles were to be taken in the name of the said Simon J. McKenzie, and by him to be transferred to a lumber company to be organized under the *348name of the S. J. McKenzie Lumber Company. The landowners, however, were not willing to trust the said McKenzie with cash deeds to their respective properties, and to look to him for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hazard v. LambethSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Salassi v. DoughertySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916