Case Name: Bank of Kentucky v. John East
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1869-04
Citations: 21 La. Ann. 276
Docket Number: No. 2115
Parties: Bank of Kentucky v. John East.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 276–276

Head Matter:
No. 2115.
Bank of Kentucky v. John East.
Whore a promissory note is prescribed on its face and no interruption is shown, the plea ^ill prevail. Rabel v. Pourciau, 20 An. 13L.
from the District Court, parish of East Feliciana. Posey, J.
IfeVeá '& Hunter, for jilaintiff and appellee. Pace, Poster <& P. T. Merrick and Cross & liar die for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
IIowELL, J.
This is a suit instituted in January, 1868, on a promissory note due on the nineteenth January, 1862, to which the defendant set up the prescription of five years.
Prescription accrued on the nineteenth January, 1867, and no legal interruption is shown. C. C. 3505; Rabel v. Pourciau, 20 An. 132; Smith v. Stewart, lately decided.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be reversed and that there he judgment in favor of deféndant with costs in both eourts.