Case Name: Max Bourgeois, Administrator, v. Billin & Perkins
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-02
Citations: 20 La. 153
Docket Number: No. 1560
Parties: Max Bourgeois, Administrator, v. Billin & Perkins.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 153–153

Head Matter:
No. 1560.
Max Bourgeois, Administrator, v. Billin & Perkins.
Where the consideration of a promissory note is shown to be the price of a slave, payment cannot be judicially enforced.
The doctrine in the case of Wainioriglit v. Bridges, (19 An. 23á,) reaffirmed,
APPEAL from the District Court, Parish of Lafourche, Gates, J.
W. Hall, for plaintiff and appellant.
Belcher & Beattie, and 23. W. Blnlce, for defendants and appellees.

Opinion:
Howell, J.
This is an action on a promissory note, the consideration of which is shown to have been the value of a slave; and for the reasons given in the case of Wainwright v. Bridges, 19 A. 234, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.