Petitpain v. Frey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APTEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action against Frederick Frey & Co., as endorsers of a promissory note, made to their order, by Edward Salzman, also a member of said firm. The endorsement is in blank, and the plaintiff sues as the bona fide holder.
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APTEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action against Frederick Frey & Co., as endorsers of a promissory note, made to their order, by Edward Salzman, also a member of said firm. The endorsement is in blank, and the plaintiff sues as the bona fide holder. The defendants expressly denied the endorsement; but admitted the name of their firm was endorsed on the note in the hand-writing of Edward Salzman, who was a member of the firm at the time, so far as their commercial transactions and the ordinary and usual business of said firm extended. That the note was given and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of the inferior court, dismissing a supplemental petition of plaintiff, and dissolving an injunction previously obtained thereon. The judge was of opinion that the amendment was contrary to the original demand, and had altered its substance.
The defendants had been sued on their endorsement, on a note of seven thousand five hundred dollars, dated the 17th of December, 1836, drawn by Edward Salzman to their order. The usual averments of demand and notice were made in the petition. The defence set up was, that this endorsement was not binding on the defendant,…
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