Segond v. Roach

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

A former action had been brought upon the note which forms the basis of the present suit, but the parish court-house was destroyed by a conflagration, and with it the note. The petition alleges the destruction of the note, and also states the consideration for which the defendant gave it—goods furnished to her. In her answer she asserted that the note was a forgery, and accompanied the plea by her oath. At the trial the plaintiff offered two witnesses t,o prove a presentment of the note to the defendant, and her acknowledgment of its…