Legal Opinion
McCausland v. Lyons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 15, 1849PublishedCited by 6 opinions
from the District Court of West Feliciana, Boyle, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court [King, J. absent,) was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
Lyons and Smith are sued upon a note of the following tenors
“On the 1st of April, 1843, we or either of ns promise to pay to Robert McCauslancl, or order, the sum of two thousand and two hundred dollars, payable and negotiable at -the Louisiana State Bank, at St. Francisville, bearing ten per cent per annum from maturity, until paid, it being for value received, this 1st day of April, 1842. P. B. McKelvey.”
On the back of this note are the signatures of the defendants, “II. A. Lyons and Ira Smith.”
The petitioner, who is…
2Cited by6 opinions
- John M. Parker & Co. v. GuillotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- J. M. Dresser Co. v. Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Alexander v. MajorsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Alfred Hiller Co. v. Hotel Grunewald Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Fifth District Finance Co. v. HarveyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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