Follain v. Dupre

Two suits, which, by consent of the parties, were cumulated and tried together below, were instituted on eleven promissory notes, by the holders, against the drawers, and first endorser, Jacques Dupré. The first suit is on five notes, all dated the 24th April, 1842: one payable at four months, for #2,400; one at six months, for #4,000; one at eight months, for #4,000.; one at nine months, for #4,000; and one at twelve months, for #5,000; making the sum of #19,400, with interest at ten per cent per annum on that sum, from the date of the notes until paid, and #21 50 the costs of protest. The…