Case Name: J. Rodriguez vs. D. Lopez
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-01
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 94
Docket Number: No. 5784
Parties: J. Rodriguez vs. D. Lopez.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 94–95

Head Matter:
No. 5784.
J. Rodriguez vs. D. Lopez.
When tlie testimony is conflicting this court will not disturb tlio judgment of the judge a quo, who had the witnesses before him, and was doubtless controlled in adopting his conclusion by the weight of the presumption in favor of a holder of a promissory note as to ownership and consideration.
APPEAL from the Pifth District Court, parish of Orleans. Cullom, J.
J. J. Planchará, for plaintiff and appellee.
J. L. Tissot, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Howell, J.
This is a suit by the payee against the maker of a promissory hote, the defense to which is want of consideration.
The testimony is conflicting-, and we are not disposed to reverse the decision of the judge a quo, who had the witnesses before him and was doubtless controlled in adopting- his conclusion by the weight of the presumption in favor of a holder of a promissory note as to ownership and consideration.
Judgment affirmed.