Parish v. Hozey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. This is an action to render the defendant liable to the plaintiff for the amount of a hill of exchange which was sequestered in the suit of Diggs, Hob-son & Oo. against him, hut final judgment being rendered in his favor, the bill was ultimately decreed to he his property.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. This is an action to render the defendant liable to the plaintiff for the amount of a hill of exchange which was sequestered in the suit of Diggs, Hob-son & Oo. against him, hut final judgment being rendered in his favor, the bill was ultimately decreed to he his property. The plaintiff alleges and shows that during the time the bill was under sequestration in the hands of the sheriff who took it from the Oanal Bank where it was deposited, he failed to present it for payment, or have it protested for non-payment so as to bind the parties to it. Tie…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
Defendant is appellant- from a judgment which makes him liable and condemns him to pay to the plaintiff, the sum of $1450, with interest, being the amount of a bill of exchange which, plaintiff alleges, having been sequestered before maturity, in the suit of Diggs, Hobson & Oo. against the present plaintiff, was taken and removed by said defendant from the bank where *350it had been deposited for collection, and was held by Mm until after it was due and payable without making or causing to be made any demand of the [580] acceptor at the time of its maturity, whereby the drawers and indorsers were…
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