Oakey v. Bank of Louisiana
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from tbe court of tbe first judicial district. This is an action to recover from tbe Bank of Louisiana and William Christy, Esq., the notary of tbe bank, tbe amount of two promissory notes signed by E. A. Blanc, payable to the order of A. Beauvais and by him indorsed.
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Appeal from tbe court of tbe first judicial district. This is an action to recover from tbe Bank of Louisiana and William Christy, Esq., the notary of tbe bank, tbe amount of two promissory notes signed by E. A. Blanc, payable to the order of A. Beauvais and by him indorsed. The petitioners allege, that they were tbe second indorsers on said notes, and that by tbe negligence and misconduct of the bank and tbe said notary in making demand and protest, they have lost their recourse against Beauvais their previous indorser after having taken up and paid said notes under protest. They further…
1Opinion of the CourtBullakd, J.
The plaintiffs allege, that being indorsers of two promissory notes drawn by F. A. Blanc, and indorsed also by A. Beauvais, which had been negotiated and became the property of the Bank of Louisiana, they took up the same on notice of protest and paid the amount to the hank, supposing that legal demand and protest had been made by the notary of the bank. That they afterwards discovered, that in point of fact no legal demand had been made of the drawer, and that in consequence of such failure to show a legal demand, they had not been able to recover the amount of the previous indorser. They…
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