Redden v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by A. L. Redden against Mrs. IL A. Lambert. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Defendant is sued as surety on a promissory note, and her defense is that she is merely an indorser, and that she has been released by the failure of the payee to present and protest the note timely.
To show that she is merely an indorser, defendant relies first upon the order in which the indorsements appear on the note — hers below that of the president of the People’s Bank, payee of the note.
From this order of the signatures the inference would be that the bank indorsed the note to defendant, and that defendant indorsed it over to piaintiff, or to the persons through whom plaintiff acquired…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brown v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- McComb, Simpson & Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1858
- Sturtevant v. RandallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1865
- Cole v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Thielman v. Guéblé & NippertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
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- Prestenbach v. MansurLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929