Case Name: J. O. Pickens v. Zenas Preston
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-02
Citations: 20 La. 138
Docket Number: No. 1612
Parties: J. O. Pickens v. Zenas Preston.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 138–138

Head Matter:
No. 1612.
J. O. Pickens v. Zenas Preston.
Where the evidence shows that the consideration, for which a promissory note was executed, was Confederate treasury notes, payment of such note cannot be judicially enforced.
A bill of exceptions taken to the admission of testimony should state the ground of objections, otherwise it cannot be noticed, as the Court cannot supply it.
APPESL from the District Court, Parish of Tensas, Farrar, J.
Aroni & Collier, for plaintiff and appellant.
Farrar & Reeves, for defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Howedd, J.
This is a suit on a promissory note, by the payee against the maker, the defence to which is that said note was executed to represent the balance due on a purchase of sugar and molasses made for Confederate funds, and that it was expressly agreed that its amount should be paid at maturity in such funds.
Plaintiff put the defendant on the stand, as a witness, to prove the consideration of the note, and excepted to his testifying further to the agreement as to the currency in which it was to be paid. The bill of exceptions is deficient iü not stating the ground of the objection, and we cannot supply it.
The defence is established by the testimony, and the judgment must be affirmed. Judgment affirmed.
Rehearing refused.