Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1846

City Bank of New Orleans v. Johnson

City Bank of New Orleans v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided September 15, 1846 · Eustis
1 La. Ann. 246
City Bank of New Orleans v. Johnson

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Opinion of the Court

The judgment of tho court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J.

Tho defendant and appellant, drawer of a promissory note, has pleaded in this court the proscription of five years, on an appeal taken from a judgment against him. J3y articlo 3427 of the Civil Codo, prescription may be pleaded on the appeal.

The appellant made an application to filo his pica, on a motion for a new trial in the court below. The appolleo has requested that, in tho event of the plea being received, the case be remanded for a new trial. This he has a right to require.

Sherburne and J. B. Smith, for the plaintiffs. P. A, Morsa and Roysdon, for the appellant.

The judgment is therefore reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial; the appellee paying the costs of this appeal.

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