M'Donough v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Easteiw Dist. APPEAL EROH TIIE COURT OE THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, EOK THE PARISH OE IBERVILLE, THE JUDGE OE THE SECOND PRESIDING. This is an action against the endorsers on two promissory notes, drawn and dated at Plaquemine, (La.) the 18th May, 1833, and payable at the Bank of Louisiana, in New-Orleans,, the 4th May, 1834. They were protested for non-payment,, and notice put in the post office in New-Orleans, and directed to the defendants at Plaquemine.
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Easteiw Dist. APPEAL EROH TIIE COURT OE THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, EOK THE PARISH OE IBERVILLE, THE JUDGE OE THE SECOND PRESIDING. This is an action against the endorsers on two promissory notes, drawn and dated at Plaquemine, (La.) the 18th May, 1833, and payable at the Bank of Louisiana, in New-Orleans,, the 4th May, 1834. They were protested for non-payment,, and notice put in the post office in New-Orleans, and directed to the defendants at Plaquemine. The defendants in their joint answer deny every allegation in the petition, except such as are specially admitted. They admit they…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
The defendants being sued as the endorsers of a promissory note, plead by joint answer, denying generally, and setting up other matters of defence not insisted on by their counsel. The cause was submitted to a jury whose verdict being for the plaintiff, the defendants appealed from the judgment rendered thereon.
Various points were raised by defendant’s counsel before this court, none of which we deem it necessary to notice except the following :
1st. That due notice of the dishonor of the note was not given to the endorsers.
The notary a oompetentwitness to prove the dishonor of a note, and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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