Blanchard v. Cole
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action by the acceptor against the drawers of a bill of exchange for eight hundred dollars, which was paid by the plaintiff. The petition charges that the firm of Cole & Co., in St< Louis, on the 22d November, 1833, drew the bill in question, on the plaintiff, payable four months after date, which he accepted and paid at maturity, whereby said firm became indebted to him for the amount thereof.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action by the acceptor against the drawers of a bill of exchange for eight hundred dollars, which was paid by the plaintiff. The petition charges that the firm of Cole & Co., in St< Louis, on the 22d November, 1833, drew the bill in question, on the plaintiff, payable four months after date, which he accepted and paid at maturity, whereby said firm became indebted to him for the amount thereof. He alleges the defendants reside out of the state, but have funds and property in the hands of M. & P. Maher, which he attaches, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
This is a case of attachment, in which M. & P. Maher were cited as garnishees, and interrogated as to property in their possession, belonging to the defendants, and also as to their indebtedness to him. The interrogatories were put not very formally, and the responses to them were not made in a manner so precise and categorical as they might have been. The court below rendered judgment against the defendants, and condemned the garnishees to pay the amount. From this judgment the latter alone appealed ; consequently, the decision of that court is here to be examined only so far as it affects…
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