McGinty v. Succession of Henderson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for tlie Parish of Orleans. King, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Tlie opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The suit is for $25,000, balance of a loan of $35,000, alleged to have been made to tlie decedent, John Henderson, on May Jlth, 1883.
The defenses are two: 1. A denial of the debt; 2. tlie prescription of throe years. We will consider them separately.
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The fact of the loan is proved by a variety of cumulative evidence :
1. Two witnesses, one the plaintiff, the other the private bookkeeper of Mr. Henderson, affirmatively prove the loan as made by the delivery .to Henderson of a bank check for $35,000 payable to the order of Mrs. Jolm McGinty,…
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