Mechanics' & Traders' Insurance v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court for the parish of Orleans. Rogers, J There was a commercial partnership in existence between John P. Bichardson and George W. Cary, at tho respective dates of the notes sued on. An indorsement in blank is presumed to Lave been placed upon a note at the date thereof.
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APPEAL from the Fifth District Court for the parish of Orleans. Rogers, J There was a commercial partnership in existence between John P. Bichardson and George W. Cary, at tho respective dates of the notes sued on. An indorsement in blank is presumed to Lave been placed upon a note at the date thereof. See New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. vs. Samuel Templeton, 20th An. p. 341; and Crosby vs. Morton et al., 13 La. p. 357. All of the indorsements upon the notes sued on are, therefore, presumed to have been placed there at the dates of the two notes respectively. The indorsement includes…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
The defendants, a firm once composed of John P. Biehardson and George W. Gary, are sought to be held liable, as endorsers, on two notes purporting to have been'drawn, the one by W. *1310A. & C. W. Cary, and the other by J. J. Pierce, and which were duly protested, notice of same having been regularly given.
Richardson denied any liability, specially pleading, that the endorsement was for no consideration enuring to the firm, or to him, as plaintiffs knew, or should have known; that said notes or endorsements were not made or used for said…
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