Welsh v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the fifth district. This suit was instituted to recover a balance due on a note of the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and that “he paid the note to one J. S. Edwards, the petitioner's agent.” There was judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed. The appeal must be dismissed, this court having no jurisdiction of it.
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Appeal from the court of the fifth district. This suit was instituted to recover a balance due on a note of the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and that “he paid the note to one J. S. Edwards, the petitioner's agent.” There was judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed. The appeal must be dismissed, this court having no jurisdiction of it. The constitution of the state declares, that the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which jurisdiction shall extend to all civil cases, when the matter in dispute shall exceed the sum of three hundred…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This suit was brought on the defendant's promissory note for $600, payable to the plaintiff. on the 1st of March, 1816.
The defendant pleaded the general issue and payment, averring it had been given to one Edwards for collection, to whom the defendant paid it, on the 28th of March, 1816, at Natchez, and took his receipt. Edwards saving the note was in his trunk, at Natchitoches; that the note was found among Edwards' paper, after his death, in the fall of 1817, at New-Orleans.
The district court gave judgment for the plaintiff, "the law and evidence being in his favor." and the defendant…
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