G. M. Bayly & Pond v. Givens

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Manning, C. J.

This suit is brought by the commercial firm of G. M. Bayly & Pond, of New Orleans, against E. A. Givens, Sr., of Lincoln parish, and is founded on a draft alleged to have been drawn by E. A. Giv■ens, Sr., per pro. B. C. Alexander, on W. Morrison & Co., for $2550, in *547favor of B. O. Alexander, accepted by Morrison & Co., and indorsed B. C. Alexander, in blank, dated New Orleans, April 19,1873, and due ten months after date. It is alleged by plaintiffs that they are the owners -and holders of the draft, having acquired the same for a…