Solomon v. Gardiner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Plaintiff sues upon a promissory note for seventeen hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifteen cents, which defendant Gardiner had drawn payable to order of himself and by him endorsed, and which the other defendant, Peter Doerr,- had also endorsed. Judgment was asked in solido against them.

Plaintiff was, or had been, a member of the commercial firm of Joseph Solomon & Co., of Chicago, engaged in the business of the manufacture and sale of clothing.

Defendant Gardiner was a clothing merchant and merchant tailor in New Orleans.

In December…