Legal Opinion
Farmers' & Merchants' Bank v. Davies
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1919No. 23061PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; W. S. Rowud, Judge. Action in solido by the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank against Edward George Davies, Jules J. Terry, Charles L. Buck, Robert B. Beid and others. Final judgment against defendants Terry and Buck, and plea of division by defendant Beid sustained, and case reinstated on trial docket, and judgment sustaining the plea of division, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff sued in solido the makers and indorsers of two instruments of the following tenor, to wit:
“$5,540.00. Independence, La., Aug. 25, 1916.
“On April 10th, 1917, after date for value received, promise to pay to the order of Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank, five thousand five hundred and forty & no/100 dollars, payable to the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank, Independence, La., with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from maturity until paid with all costs of collection including ten per cent, attorney’s fees in case of collection by suit or through an attorney.
“Each of us,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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