Succession of Boisblanc

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marr, J.

In the latter part of December, 1878, McCulloch & Sons, of Louisville, Kentucky, remitted to Boisblanc, a broker of New Orleans, to be invested by him in sugar and molasses for their account, a bank-check on New York, for $1500, to their order, which they specially indorsed to the order of Boisblanc. On the 26th December, Boisblanc *110had this check discounted, and the proceeds, $1494 38, carried to his credit at the Germania -National Bank, where he had an account; and, on the same day, he deposited $316 80 in the same bank. After this he made no…