Bennett v. Allison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST DISTRICT. This suit was brought on a promissory noté, in the following words: — “Three months after date, we promise to pay William Bennett and Hugh Grant, or order, four hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. Value received.” Signed “Allison & Rowe.”
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PIRST DISTRICT. This suit was brought on a promissory noté, in the following words: — “Three months after date, we promise to pay William Bennett and Hugh Grant, or order, four hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. Value received.” Signed “Allison & Rowe.” Suit had been previously brought against Thomas Roe, one of the drawers, and judgment rendered in favor of the same plaintiffs for the amount of the note; Allison having obtained a stay of proceedings and respite. His respite having expired, this suit was brought against him. Having pleaded a…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews, /.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit is founded on a promissory note, which purports to have been made by the defendant j~intIy with a person of the name of Roe.
The answer to the petition is a general deniaL It does not appear that the defendant was called upon to acknowledge or deny his signature, according to the 323d article of the Code of Practice; nor is there any specific allegation that the note was signed by him, in pursuance of article 324.
The plaintiff proceeded to prove the signaLure, under the general denial; and theh claimed a right to enforce the disabilities…
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