Case Name: FISHER vs. TAYLOR & HOOD
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1811
Citations: 2 Mart. (o.s.) 79
Docket Number: 
Parties: FISHER vs. TAYLOR & HOOD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Martin (Louisiana Term Reports)
Volume: 2
Pages: 79–79

Head Matter:
FISHER vs. TAYLOR & HOOD.
Fall, 1811.
First District.
Evidence disproving the debt, in ordeito release goods attached, is inadmissible.
The defendants property was attached, and bepeyster moved to be allowed to shew that the debt was not due, in order to have the goods released.

Opinion:
By the Court.
This cannot be done. The defendant must answer: and the court cannot go into the merits of the case until issue be properly joined.
Motion overruled.