Case Name: James W. Howard v. Joshua E. Kirwin
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1867-08
Citations: 19 La. Ann. 432
Docket Number: No. 113
Parties: James W. Howard v. Joshua E. Kirwin.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 432–432

Head Matter:
No. 113.
James W. Howard v. Joshua E. Kirwin.
Confederate treasury notes were issued in violation of law, and used for tho purpose of overthrowing the Government of the United States.
Courts of Justice will not lend their aid to give effect to contracts, the consideration of which are illegal and reprobated by law.
A . PPEAL from the District Court, Parish of DeSoto, Weems, J.
Elam and Wemple, for plaintiff and appellant.
B. J. Bowman, for defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Ilsdev, J.
This case presents the question as to the right of the plaintiff to invoke the aid of this Court to enforce a contract, the consideration of which was one reprobated by law, to wit: notes issued as money by a confederation of States to destroy the Union and to destroy the government of the United States, of which the rebellious States, so confederated, were members.
By repeated decisions, we have refused to notice such cases, and as the one now submitted is, in this particular, one of the same class, it must be dismissed.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that this suit be dismissed at the cost of the appellant.