Supreme Court of Louisiana September 15, 1866 (Tanneret v. Edwards)

Labauve, J.

The principal and main question upon which the solution of this case depends, is one of delivery.

Z. G-. Biché, having sold a lot of cotton to -the plaintiff, gave him a receipt as follows:

Avoyelles le 23 Decembre 1863.

Bepu de Emile Tanneret la somme de trois mille trois cents piastres en plain paiement de huit mille livres de coton en grain a raison de onze cents la livre.