Davis v. Stuart

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The defendants, individually and as testamentary executors, opposed an account presented by the administrator of the succession of Myra Clark Gaines, and objected to the payment of a large sum to plaintiff.

The claim was evidenced by a promissory note drawn by the partnership of John Klein & Co. to plaintiff’s order.

The late William Stuart, father of the defendants, was a member of that firm.

The note was secured as to its payment by a pledge consisting in part of a judgment obtained by W. H. Wilder against William Wallace Whitney,…