Menard v. Cox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff sues, for the recovery of three hundred dollars from the defendant, on the following draft: “Cashier of the branch bank of the Bank of Louisiana, pay Sebastian Hiriart or order, three hundred dollars.” “$300.” [Signed] “E. W. Potts.” Endorsed. “ I have received the within amount,” [Signed] “ Wm. P. Cox.”
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff sues, for the recovery of three hundred dollars from the defendant, on the following draft: “Cashier of the branch bank of the Bank of Louisiana, pay Sebastian Hiriart or order, three hundred dollars.” “$300.” [Signed] “E. W. Potts.” Endorsed. “ I have received the within amount,” [Signed] “ Wm. P. Cox.” The draft is without date; and the plaintiff alleges, that the defendant presented it to him as the cashier of the bank, about the 20th January, 1830, and represented, that Potts the drawer, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff alleges that one Potts, obtained a loan from the bank, of which the former was cashier, for one thousand five hundred dollars, which was paid over to the defendant *169Cox, as agent of the borrower, after deducting the discount for one year. That after the defendant had received the whole amount, he presented to him a draft or check, signed by Potts, for three hundred dollars, which the plaintiff refused to pay, as the drawer had no funds. That the said Cox represented to him, that Potts was much in want of that sum, and if he, the plaintiff, would advance it, that he would be…
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