Legal Opinion

McLean v. Elliot

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1874No. 3949PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from, the Filth District Court, parish of Orleans. Beaumont, J.

1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.

This case was remanded to take evidence upon, and fix the relative values of, the land and slaves, which were the consideration of the note sued on. The evidence shows that this proportion *386is $444 81. The judgment of the lower court was for $1350, with eight per cent, interest from twenty-seventh November, 1867.

Plaintiff presses upon us that what we now call the slave consideration in contracts should not be entertained; but the jurisprudence of the State, we think, is settled upon this point, and we will not disturb it.

It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment of the…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Keen v. ButterworthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938

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