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5 La. 303

Pi v. Vidal

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1850

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1850-04-15

<p>In an action on a promissory note evidence will not be received in support of a plea in reconvention not necessarily connected with the original demand, or in support of a plea in compensation where the sum is not alleged to have been liquidatsd.</p>

Decided 1850-04-15

¶1The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

¶2This suit is upon the defendant’s promissory note. The court did not err in refusing to hear evidence under the pleas of reconvention and compensation. The demand in reconvention, as pleaded, was not “ necessarily connected with the main action and incidental to the samenor was the claim pleaded in compensation alleged to be liquidated. See C. P. 375. Lacoste v. Bordue, 7 N. S. 517. C. C. 2205.

¶3The judgment of the district court is therefore affirmed, with costs-

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