Morvant v. Russell Clemmons

The plaintiff in this suit, Guy A. Morvant, formerly operated a night club somewhere around Baton Rouge, which was known as the High Way Club. In the early part of 1939 his business had run down to the point where it became necessary for him to either make some disposition of it or else submit to lawsuits on various accounts which he owed.

The defendants Russell Clemmons, Inc. apparently had been helping him out in his business as it is shown that they had endorsed his lease notes which amounted to quite a large sum of money and had also endorsed a note of $1000 at one of the banks in Baton…