Imperial Trading Co. v. Crescent City Restaurants, Inc.

REDMANN, Judge.

Lee R. Leonard appeals a judgment holding him liable to the payee of two promissory notes as an indorser.

Appellant’s unqualified signature appears on the reverse of the notes. He is therefore deemed to be an indorser, LSA-R.S. 7:63, and parol evidence is ordinarily inadmissible to show a contrary intent, Neosho Milling Co. v. Farmers’ Co-op. Warehouse Stock Co., 130 La. 949, 58 So. 825 (1912).

Appellant argues that the circumstance that the signature of the corporate maker on the face of the note was “by” appellant and another renders ambiguous appellant’s unqualified signature…