Case Name: The Citizens' Bank vs. the Police Jury of the Parish of Concordia
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-03
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 263
Docket Number: No. 6164
Parties: The Citizens’ Bank vs. the Police Jury of the Parish of Concordia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 263–264

Head Matter:
No. 6164.
The Citizens’ Bank vs. the Police Jury of the Parish of Concordia.
’ This is a suit on two promissory notes. Several grounds ol defense are stated in the answer, but it is sufficient to notice only one ol them; which is, that the police jury oí the parish of Concordia had not the power to create a debt by borrowing money, or to bind the parish by issuing negotiable instruments by whielx to raise money.
APPEAL from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Con-cordia. Hough, J.
Mago cD Spencer, for plaintiff and appellant.
■George S. Sawyer, for defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Lddeling, C. J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover the •amount of eleven thousand dollars, with interest, evidenced by two promissory notes, one for five thousand dollars and the other for six thousand •dollars, payable to the order of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana and bearing eight per cent per annum after maturity and due twelve months after date. These notes state on their face that they are given for money loaned by tho bank. Several grounds of defense are stated in the answer, but it is sufficient to notice only one of them, which is that the police jury of the parish of Concordia had not the power to create a debt by borrowing money, or to bind the parish by issuing negotiable instruments by which to raise money. See 23 An., pp. 190, 232, 261; 24 An. 451, Edwards vs. Parish of Bossier; 26 An. 59; and Mathé vs. Parish of Plaquemines, 27 An.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the court a qua be affirmed with costs of appeal.
Behearing refused.