Laborde v. Consolidated Ass'n of the Planters of Louisiana

The defendants having tendered an account aS the bankers of the plaintiff, in pursuance of an interlocutory judgment of the Commercial Court, a single item of it was contested by the plaintiff. That item was a sum of $1999,09 charged to have been paid on the plaintiff’s check, dated June 13th, 1839. It is alleged by him that the check is not genuine, but a forgery, and that the loss must fall upon the bank. The Commercial Court, being satisfied that the check was forged, gave judgment against the bank, and it has appealed.

The evidence Upon which the court Came to this conclusion is two fold,…