Waldron v. Turpin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on two promissory notes for five hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-three cents, and five hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-seven cents, signed by While, Turpin & Nephew, a commercial firm residing and doing business at Grand Gulf, in the state of Mississippi, dated the 7th April, 1838, payable on the 15th of November and first of December following, to the order of the plaintiffs, at…
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on two promissory notes for five hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-three cents, and five hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-seven cents, signed by While, Turpin & Nephew, a commercial firm residing and doing business at Grand Gulf, in the state of Mississippi, dated the 7th April, 1838, payable on the 15th of November and first of December following, to the order of the plaintiffs, at the Grand Gulf Rail-road and Banking Company, in Mississippi, and protested for non-payment at maturity. The plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This action is brought on two promissory notes, dated at Grand Gulf, in the state of Mississippi, drawn to the order of plaintiff, by the firm of White, Turpin and Nephew, of which defendant was a member, and made payable at the Grand Gulf Rail-road and Banking Company, in that state. Defendant pleaded the general issue and novation, as to one of the two notes. Judgment being rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, this appeal was taken.
To prove the demand of payment at the place mentioned in the body of the notes sued on, two documents were offered in evidence, purporting to be notarial…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nicholls v. WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
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