Marine Bank & Trust Co. v. Shaffer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Suit by the Marine Bank & Trust Company against John D. Shaffer and others. An application for an injunction was denied, except on condition that bond be given, and defendants apply for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
On February 1, 1921, John D. Shaffer, B. Randolph Shaffer, John D. Shaffer, Jr., and Miss Mary Frances Shaffer executed to their order' and indorsed in blank two promissory notes, each for the sum of $30,000, due and payable on January 1, 1922. The notes were given for advances in money, goods, and necessary supplies to be made to the makers during the year 1921 to enable them to cultivate and to carry on their planting operations on their sugar plantation situated in the parish of Terrebonne. In order to secure the payment of the two notes, the signators executed by authentic act, in favor…
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