Case Name: W. D. Peterson et al. vs. J. J. Brown
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 181
Docket Number: No. 6023
Parties: W. D. Peterson et al. vs. J. J. Brown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 181–181

Head Matter:
No. 6023.
W. D. Peterson et al. vs. J. J. Brown.
The weakness of the defendant’s evidence does not supply the place of proof on the part of the plaintiff. In a suit upon a verbal contract, where the only witnesses are the plaintiff and the defendant, whose testimony is in positive contradiction, and there are no corroborating circumstances of either, judgment must go against the plaintiff either absolute or as of non-suit.
Appeal from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans. Saucier, J.
B. Egan for Plaintiff Appellant. Singleton & Browne for Defendant.

Opinion:
Spencer, J.,
delivered the opinion affirming the judgment which non-suited the plaintiff.