Neely v. T. L. Airey & Co.

The defendants are sued for one thousand dollars, with interest from twenty-fifth December, 1871, which indebtedness the plaintiffs allege to have arisen from this cause : They aver that in the capacity of executors of D. S. Stacey, deceased, they were the legal holders of a certain draft for one thousand dollars, drawn on the eighth of December, 1871, by A. N. Gould, on Garrett, Craig & Co., in favor of the' plaintiffs, payable five days after sight; that they transmitted the draft to their merchants and agents in New Orleans with instructions to present and collect it, and to place the…