Legal Opinion

Prestenbach v. Mansur

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 30, 1929No. 524PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.

This suit is by one indorser against another indorser, and, from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant has appealed.

The fact is patent from the evidence in the record that in point of time Prestenbach is the prior indorser, though his name appears beneath or below that of Mansur. The order of indorsements may be shown by parol evidence. Redden v. Lambert, 112 La. 740, 36 So. 668; section 68 of Act No. 64 of 1904, p. 158, also section 61 of the same act.

An indorser may only'be .held liable to a subsequent indorser. A subsequent indorser is not liable to a previous one. Prestenbach was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Redden v. LambertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bank of Baton Rouge v. HendrixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. Marcello v. LaRoccaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  3. Kiel Wooden Ware Co. v. LaunWisconsin Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Rice v. PassmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1940

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