Legal Opinion
Standard Motors Finance Co. v. Yellow Bayou Gin & Planting Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 12, 1925No. 2011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarver, J.
The plaintiff sues Yellow Bayou Gin and Planting Co., Inc., as the maker, and Mayer Brothers and the two individual members composing that firm as endorsers, of two promissory notes secured by chattel mortgage on a tractor.
The Planting Company denied liability on the alleged ground that the notes were given not for money borrowed but in con.nection wi.th the purchase of the tractor from Mayer Brothers and as representing the credit portion of the price; that the tractor was so defective as to be useless; that the chattel mortgage was passed before one of the Mayers as a notary public and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McLane v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Whitney Iron Works Co. v. ReussSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- Edwards v. Plaquemine Ice & Gold Storage Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Dreyfus v. Mrs. William Lourd & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Lee v. Powell Bros. & Sanders Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
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