Nott & Co. v. Papet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action first instituted against the maker and endorser of a promissory note. They both expressly denied that they signed and endorsed said note, and charged that their names were forged or counterfeited, and prayed to be dismissed.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action first instituted against the maker and endorser of a promissory note. They both expressly denied that they signed and endorsed said note, and charged that their names were forged or counterfeited, and prayed to be dismissed. The plaintiffs, in an amended petition, alleged that they purchased the note sued on, from Charles Papet, for a valuable consideration, and prayed that he be made a party, and cited to defend this suit against the charge of forgery; and that in case the defendants succeeded in establishing their…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is an action against A. Foucher as maker, and F. Saulet as endorser, of a promissory note.
The defendants severed in their answers, but both expressly averred that they did not sign and endorse their names to the note sued on, and that their signatures are counterfeited or forged.
On the filing of these answers, the plaintiffs presented a supplemental petition, alleging that they purchased and held said note as the vendees of one Charles Papet, for a valuable consideration ; and as the defendants, by their answers, deny their signatures, and allege them to be forgeries, they pray that…
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- Dumas v. BoulinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1881
- Hailes v. HynsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1915
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