Millaudon v. Worsley

The defendants have appealed from a judgment against them, as endorsers of a note, drawn to their order by T. Ogilvie Sully. The defence set up is error and want of consideration. The evidence shows, that in February, 1842, they rented a store in Poydras street .from the drawer, Sully, who was then Millaudon’s lessee, and who stood indebted to him for some previous rent; that, a few days after, under the erroneous impression that the row of buildings to which this store belonged, was. not provided with fire walls, and that, in consequence thereof, they could not procure insurance on their…