Commercial Bank v. Edward Nalle & Co.
Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., July 29, 1968 213 So. 2d 114; La. Ct. App. 4th Cir., January 9, 1967 194 So. 2d 409; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 27, 1925 2 La. App. 558
Commercial Bank v. Edward Nalle & Co., 23 La. Ann. 727 (1871).
Opinion text
Wyly, J. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rejecting its ■demand against the defendants, who were sued as indorsers of a 2)romissory note. The defense is the illegality ot tue contract ot indorsement, Decause At the time it was made at New Orleans, in 1862, all intercourse was prohibited between them and the plaintiff, the former being domiciled in Kentucky and the latter in Louisiana. The defendants also pleaded that the consideration for said indorsement was Confederate money. Both defenses are established beyond doubt by the evidence in the .record. Judgment affirmed.