Hewett v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The plaintiff sues the defendant, Mrs. Williams, for a debt contracted by her husband, to make a crop of cotton on his plantation.

The defendant pleads the exception of no cause of action, res judicata, and in her answer she pleads that in a former suit the proceeds of the cotton claimed here were delivered to her, and that neither the cotton or the proceeds are in her possession.

The judgment was pronounced against her, and she appeals.

The prior suit pleaded in defence was brought on notes, two of which had not matured at the time the suit was…