Supreme Court of Louisiana June 15, 1836 (Poydras v. Tusson)

Martin, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The District Court decides that “ the plaintiff made a contract with the defendant, at that time the widow of René Bercegeay, and now the wife of Firmin Duplessis, purporting to be a sale of three slaves, Tony, Silvy and Liza, for the price of two thousand two hundred dollars, on which price defendant was to pay an interest of five per cent, from