Conrey v. Elbert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, J. This was an action on a bill of exchange, for $4,500, drawn by John C. Harrison, to the order of the defendant, by whom it was endorsed, on Pearce Sf Elbert, of Philadelphia, who accepted',but failed to pay, the bill- at maturity.
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APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, J. This was an action on a bill of exchange, for $4,500, drawn by John C. Harrison, to the order of the defendant, by whom it was endorsed, on Pearce Sf Elbert, of Philadelphia, who accepted',but failed to pay, the bill- at maturity. The petition, in addition to the usual allegations requisite to charge the endorser of a bill of exchange, alleges, that the bill sued on was drawn against one hundred hogsheads of sugar, .shipped by the drawer to the drawees, who sold the same,, and converted the proceeds, which were more than…
1Opinion of the Court
The jungment of the court was pronounced by
Edstis, C. J.
This suit is brought on a protested bill of exchange for 54,500, drawn by John C. Harrison, to the order of the defendant, on the house of Pearce & Elbert, of Philadelphia. It was endorsed in blank by the defendant, and purchased of him by the plaintiff in New Orleans, as agent for the Bank of Charleston. It was protested for non-payment, and tho plaintiff' *21caused the defendant to be arrested in this suit, which the plaintiff instituted in his own name, and he made the affidavit required by the statute that the debt was due to him.
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