Lanfear v. Blossman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J. This was an action against the defendant as drawer and endorser of a bill of exchange, to recover the amount of the bill, with damages, interest, and costs of protest. The petition was in the usual form. The bill sued on was in the following words ; B L 29 May B 2106. Bill of lading of 344 B. cotton, per Provincialist First attached hereto. Exch’e. for <=£3324, 4, 3 Stg.
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APPEAL from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J. This was an action against the defendant as drawer and endorser of a bill of exchange, to recover the amount of the bill, with damages, interest, and costs of protest. The petition was in the usual form. The bill sued on was in the following words ; B L 29 May B 2106. Bill of lading of 344 B. cotton, per Provincialist First attached hereto. Exch’e. for <=£3324, 4, 3 Stg. New Orleans, Feb. 23, 1844. Sixty days after sight of this first of exchange, (second and third unpaid,) pay to the order of myself three thousand three hundred and…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eüstis, C. J.
This is an action brought by the holders against the endorser, who was also the drawer, of a bill of exchange for $3324 4s. 3d., drawn in-New Orleans on Fermín da Tastet, & Co., of London, at sixty days after sight, and dated 23d February, 1844.
The bill of exchange was purchased by the. plaintiffs from Blossman, the drawer and endorser, in New Orleans; and with it the bill of lading, upon which the bill of exchange was drawn, was delivered by the broker who made the bargain between them.
The bill of lading was for 344 bales of cotton,…
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