Gulf Coast State Bank v. Emenhiser

MOORE, Justice.

This is a suit by a bank to recover funds advanced to an alleged agent of the payee on a sight draft which subsequently proved to be uncollectable. Plaintiff, Gulf Coast State Bank (Bank), brought suit against defendants, J. C. Emenhiser, a rice farmer; Lillian Emenhiser, his divorced wife; and their landlords, hereinafter referred to as the Doornbos defendants. The Bank alleged that on March 13, 1969 a sight draft in the amount of $16,255.21, payable to “Gulf Coast State Bank a/c J. C. Emenhiser,” drawn on Rex Rice Company, Inc., Eunice, Louisiana, was presented to the Bank…