New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Briggs

This suit is brought against E. L. Briggs as the second endorser of a note for $1500, drawn by Lewis Borde-lon to the order of, and endorsed by D. T. Orr, and made payable twelve months after its date, at the office of discount and deposit of the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company, at Alexandria. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and had a judgment in his favor, from which the plaintiffs have appealed.

The record shows, that the note sued on, which bears date the 10th of January, 1842, was duly protested on the 13th of January, 1S43, after presentment and demand at the place of…