Case Name: J. N. Shawhan vs. J. M. Prather
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 177
Docket Number: No. 6277
Parties: J. N. Shawhan vs. J. M. Prather.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 177–177

Head Matter:
No. 6277
J. N. Shawhan vs. J. M. Prather.
The pleas of the general issue, prescription, and demand in reconvention are not inconsistent.
In a suit for the hires of carriage and horses, the admission by the defendant as a witness that he had hired them at various times is not a waiver of the plea of prescription, nor an acknowledgment of the debt.
Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Cullom, J.
Horner & Benedict and Baker for Plaintiff. Morgan for Defendant Appellant.

Opinion:
Spencer, J.,
delivered the opinion reducing the judgment.