Commissioners of the Exchange & Banking Co. of New Orleans v. Bein

This suit is brought on a promissory note for $16,000, drawn by Catharine Bein, to the order of her co-defendant, and endorsed by him. In the note; it is said to be secured by a pledge of 640 shares of the stock of the bank. The note was protested for non-payment. A judgment by default was taken against the defendants, which was made final, on proof being *226given of the signatures of the parties, and of the protest and notice thereon. From this judgment, Catharine Bein, representing herself to be the wife of John D. Bein, has appealed, and he authorizes her to do so.

There is no evidence in the…