Henderson v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
EASTERN DlS'JV APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an' action on a promissory note for five hundred dollars, signed by the defendant.
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EASTERN DlS'JV APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an' action on a promissory note for five hundred dollars, signed by the defendant. The defendant admitted his signature to the note, but averred it' Avas given for the price of a slave, which, it was ascertained since the sale, was afflicted at the time with redhibitory diseases, which were incurable, and rendered the slave wholly useless. He prayed that the demand be rejected, and the note cancelled. There was testimony of Avitnesses taken on…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The .defendant, sued upon his promissory note, resisted the claim on the ground that it Avas given for the price of a slave? *11sold him by the plaintiff, who died shortly after the sale, consequence of a redhibitory malady, under which she labored at the time of the sale. The case was tried by a jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant is appellant from a judgment rendered thereon.
This case in-Joiner which the evidence supports the judgment be- appell£mt was not m“lct in dcimusres for ft frivolous appeal, S^tion^ha/he really imagined thejudgmentap-pealed from, erroneous-
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