Legal Opinion

Todd v. Fisk

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 15, 1859PublishedCited by 1 opinion

from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Brice, J.

1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.

The plaintiff has enjoined an execution issued upon a final judgment affirmed by this court on appeal.

The plaintiff in injunction claims to be the holder of a promissory note against the judgment creditor, exceeding the amount of the judgment, and that the samp is therefore extinguished by compensation by operation of law.

A motion to dissolve on the face of the papers, on the ground that the petition did not show that the note pleaded in compensation had been acquired by Todd since the rendition of the judgment, was sustained,, and plain*14tiff appears before us as appellant. He contends, that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Benton v. RobertsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
  2. Kennard v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Burt v. Watson Oil & Gas Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933

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