Supreme Court of the United States April 18, 1879, 1050 (Gordon v. Gilfoil)

Mr. Justice Bradley

delivered the opinion of the court.

In January, 1867, Patrick Gilfoil, of Madison Parish, La., being .indebted to Gordon & Castillo, of New Orleans, in the sum of $4,500, or thereabouts, gave them his promissory notes therefor, payable on the 1st of January, 1868, and 1st of January, 1869, secured by a mortgage on his cotton plantation in the parish of Madison.