Eichelberger v. Pike

The plaintiff seeks in this action to render the defendant, who is a banker, liable for $921 20, the amount of a promissory note placed in the hands of the latter for collection, who, failing-to have the note protested at its maturity, recourse was lost upon the indorser, the only solvent party to the note. The defendant pleads, prescription of one year. The plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appeals.

The defendant has two bills of exceptions in tbe record. The first is to the admission in evidence of a writ of fieri facias issued on a judg*143ment obtained in the parish of West Baton…