Case Name: Peter Marcy v. William Steele
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-06
Citations: 20 La. 413
Docket Number: No. 908
Parties: Peter Marcy v. William Steele.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 413–413

Head Matter:
No. 908.
Peter Marcy v. William Steele.
Where a promissory note is prescribed on its face, and the evidence shows that suit might have been brought before prescription obtained, the holder cannot'invoke the maxim contra non valentein afjcrc noncurrit pracscytytio. to defeat the plea. 20 A. p. 131.
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Beaumont, J.
G. Redmond, for plaintiff and appellant.
Randolph, Singleton & Bardie, for appellee.

Opinion:
IxjSley, J.
The endorsee of a note, drawn by William Steele to his own order, and by him endorsed, sues the drawer to recover the amount of it, three thousand six hundred and sixty-four dollars and ten cents, with eight per cent, interest per annum from its date, March 6, 1856, irntil paid, less the amounts paid on account at different periods, viz: on the 6th Maroh, 1856, $1,934 48; on the 17th November, 1857, $300; and on the 8th August, 1860, $849; and interest, as per statements endorsed on the note.
The answer is a general denial, and the prescription of five years in bar is pleaded.
The last payment on the note was made on the 8th August, 1860, and service of petition and citation was only made on the 20th November, 1865, more than five years after the last interruption. There is nothing in the record to show any interruption of prescription since August, I860.' This case comes within the principle enounced in Rabel v. Pourciau, lately decided in this court, in which it was held that the maxim, contra non valeniem, cannot be invoked in a case like the present one.
The appellee, in his brief, asks that the judgment, dismissing the plaintiff's action, be affirmed.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment of the District Court be affirmed, at the costs of the appellant.