Case Name: Fergus Mahier vs. Succession of Marie Henriette Henrie, Widow Keays
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-03
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 246
Docket Number: No. 6230
Parties: Fergus Mahier vs. Succession of Marie Henriette Henrie, Widow Keays.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 246–247

Head Matter:
No. 6230.
Fergus Mahier vs. Succession of Marie Henriette Henrie, Widow Keays.
The document sued on is a promissory note due at the death oí the maker. It contains oí itseli evidence of consideration, which is, in the main, substantiated by the testimony of witnesses.
APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of East Baton Rouge. Deioing, J.
Barrow & Pope, for plaintiff and appellee.
Herron & Bird, for defendant and-appellant.

Opinion:
MORGAN, J.
This is a suit on a document which is in the following-words:
" Baton Rouge, 13 Aout, 1870.
" Je promie péyer á mon fils, Fergus Mahier, la somme de mille pias-tres, pour l'ouvrage qu'il la fait de sur mon habitation, a ma mort.
"(Signed) MARIE HENRIETTE HENRIE, WIDOW KEATS."
The English of which is:
" Baton Rouge, August 13,1870.
" I promise to pay to my son, Fergus Mahier, the sum of one thousand dollars, for work he did on my plantation, at my death."
The defense admits the signature, but avers that the same is without consideration, and that no action will lie for recovery thereon.
The document is a promissory note, due at the death of the maker. It contains, of itself, evidence of consideration, which is, in the main, substantiated by the testimony of witnesses.
Judgment affirmed.