Case Name: Nancy Stephens v. H. J. Lanier and W. Akers
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-05
Citations: 20 La. 347
Docket Number: No. 1676
Parties: Nancy Stephens v. H. J. Lanier and W. Akers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 347–348

Head Matter:
No. 1676.
Nancy Stephens v. H. J. Lanier and W. Akers.
The burden of proof is on the party who seeks to avoid the payment of a promissory note, on the ground that the consideration has failed.
PPEAL from the District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, Ellis, J.
Alfred Hennen, for plaintiff and appellee.
G. II. Penn, for defendants and appellants.

Opinion:
Hyman, C. J.
Two suits, numbered 657 and 779, bearing the above title, were consolidated and tried together, and from a judgment rendered in same in favor of plaintiffs, defendants have appealed.
It is suggested by plaintiff, that all the parties interested in maintaining the judgment have not been made parties to the appeal, and that therefore it should be dismissed.
There are no other parties to the suits than those the title indicates.
The suits are brought on two promissory notes.
The defence is, that the plaintiff, with others, sold a slave having redhibitory defects to one of the defendants, and that the notes sued on Were given for a part of the price of the slave.
The notes do not state their consideration; there is no evidence adduced that indicates their consideration.
It is not shown that plaintiff sold or authorized the sale of the slave,- or that she received any part of the price, or that she ratified the sale.
The judgment condemned defendants to pay plaintiff the amount of the notes, with interest and costs.
It is decreed that it be affirmed, at the cost of defendants.