Joffrion-Woods, Inc. v. St. James Bank & Trust Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff, rendered on a rule taken for a judgment upon the face of the petition and answer.

The petition alleges that plaintiff deposited a check drawn to its order by L. B. Babin, of Whitecastle, Louisiana, in the sum of $1,740.32, upon the Bank of White-castle, with- the defendant, the St. James Bank & Trust Company, and that the amount of said check was immediately credited to plaintiff’s account in the defendant bank; that defendant endorsed the cheek and forwarded it to the Hibernia Bank & Trust Company of New Orleans for collection; that the…