Case Name: J. B. COLT CO. v. WILLHITE
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1926-12-11
Citations: 5 La. App. 151
Docket Number: No. 2809
Parties: J. B. COLT CO. v. WILLHITE
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 151–152

Head Matter:
No. 2809
Second Circuit
J. B. COLT CO. v. WILLHITE
(Dec. 11, 1926. Opinion and Decree.)
Robert Layton, W. F. Pipes, of Monroe, attorneys for plaintiff, appellant.
Hugh T. Layne, of Monroe, attorney for defendant, appellee.

Opinion:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
REYNOLDS, J.
This is a suit on a promissory note alleged to have been lost.
Defendant admits signing the note and pleads payment.
On these issues the case was tried and there was judgment for defendant and plaintiff appealed.
OPINION..
In this case plaintiff sues upon a promissory note and claims to have lost it. Defendant swears postively that he paid the note in full and received it back from plaintiff through the United States mail marked "paid". He is corroborated in this statement by his brother, John, who testifies that he was with defendant at the time he got his mail out of the mail box and that he remembers the entire transaction.
The trial judge who saw the witnesses and heard theih testify gave judgment in favor of the defendant. We think his judginent is correct and it is - therefore affirmed.