New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad v. McKelvey

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

The defendant is sued as the maker of two promissory notes, payable at the office of the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company, at Bayou Sara. The suit is instituted in the name of “the President and Directors of the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad and Banking Company.” *360The defendant admits liis signature to tlie notes, but denies that any such eorporation exists as that namod in the petition, or that he is indebted to such a corporation. He further denies that a legal demand was made at the place 0f payment, or on the proper…