Bank of Louisiana v. Déjean

The defendant, Felix Déjean, is appellant from a judgment which makes him liable personally for the amount of a note of hand which he signed as executor of the estate of the late A. H. Andrus, deceased*

His defence is that the deceased, previous to his death, executed a note for the sum of $ 1360, which was discounted by *17the plaintiffs, and matured after the death of said Andrus; which note, endorsed by Joseph E. Andrus and T. H. Lewis, was renewed at maturity, and reduced by curtailment to the sum of $1088, for which the appellant furnished a note, as testamentary executor of the deceased ;…