Case Name: Guillaume Mollere v. Michael Lion
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-05
Citations: 20 La. 344
Docket Number: No. 833
Parties: Guillaume Mollere v. Michael Lion.
Judges: Ilsley, J. recused!
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 344–344

Head Matter:
No. 833.
Guillaume Mollere v. Michael Lion.
Whore the consideration, of a promissory note is sho .vh to be the price of the sale of a person (slave) • payment thereof cannot be judicially, enforced. WaimorigJit v. Bridges, 19 An. 234.
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Théard, J.
3.F. Behlieux, for plaintiff.
3. 3. Bighior, for defendant.

Opinion:
Taliaferro, J.
This action is based upon a promissory note given as part of the consideration stipulated for the price of a slave purchased in .the year 1860 by defendant from plaintiff. Judgment was rendered in ' January, 1.866, in favor of the plaintiff, and defendant appealed.
For tne reasons assigned by this Court in the case of WainwrighlY. Bridges, decided in May, 1867, the defendant is entitled to a reversal of the judgment.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment of the "'District Court be annulled, avoided and reversed; that defendant have judgment in his favor releasing him from the obligation sued upon, and that the plaintiff pay costs in both courts.
Ilsley, J. recused!