Syme v. Stewart

Insi/EY. J.

This suit was instituted in the Third District Court of New Orleans against the defendant, a partner in the commercial firm of Stewart & Pintard, lately established at Rodney, in the State of Mississippi, to recover from him the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by said firm, to the order of John A. Galbraith, on Messrs. Hughes, Hyllested & Co., at New Orleans.

This bill was transferred by the endorsement of the payee; and, for a valuable consideration, came into the hands of the plaintiff before its maturity.

The defendant pleaded a general denial, and set up an equitable de-'…