Leckie v. Scott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This is an action by the holder, against the drawer and endorsers of the following promissory note: $500. “AlexandRia, 1st September, 1833. “Four months after date, I promise to pay to the order of W. P. & J. B. Scott, five hundred dollars, for value received. “R. F. SLOCUM. (Endorsed) “W. P. & J. B. Scott.”
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Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This is an action by the holder, against the drawer and endorsers of the following promissory note: $500. “AlexandRia, 1st September, 1833. “Four months after date, I promise to pay to the order of W. P. & J. B. Scott, five hundred dollars, for value received. “R. F. SLOCUM. (Endorsed) “W. P. & J. B. Scott.” The drawer let final judgment go against him by default, for the amount of the note. The plaintiff alleges that demand of payment was made on the drawer, and refused, and that the note…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
It appears to us, that if in any instance, justice requires that the case should be remanded, it is the present.
The appellant appealed to the plaintiff for the discovery of the truth, which he evaded on a technical objection. The *416latter being accidentally present at the trial, the court called upon him to disclose the truth, and he refused to do so; hence a most violent presumption arises, that such a disclosure as he was called on to make, would have destroyed his claim.
A partner has no right to use or endorse the signature of the firm, when the endorsement is npt made in a partnership…
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