Case Name: H. C. Cady v. Myra Clark Gaines
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-05
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 448
Docket Number: No. 2217
Parties: H. C. Cady v. Myra Clark Gaines
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 448–449

Head Matter:
No. 2217.
H. C. Cady v. Myra Clark Gaines
TIi© defendant having admitted in the answer, that th© indorser was the owner of the note, can not in a suit by tbo holder, urge the defense that the signature oí the indorser is not proved, and that the holder can not therefore recover.
APPEAL from the Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans.
'Oollens, J. 6r. Schmiclt, for plaintiff and appellee.
Fellows & Mills, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Howe, J.
Suit on a promissory note for $5000, drawn by defendant to the order of James Emott, and by him indorsed. Defense, exception of lis penclens, general denial, and a special denial of the legal ownership and possession of the note by plaintiff.
First — The exception of lis pendens is abandoned.
Second — The averment of the defendant that the note belongs to James Emott, and not to plaintiff, if it could constitute any defense, is not established, but on the contrary is disproved.
Third — -The point made that the iilaintiff has not proYed the indorsement of Emott, and therefore has not proved the transfer of the note to himself, is untenable. In her answer the defendant admits her signature to the note, and proceeds to declare, "that since its maturity, James Emott, the indorser of said note, as owner thereof obtained possession of the same," etc. The attorney of plaintiff, called as a witness by defendant, proved also that the note was sent to him for suit by James Emott, on behalf of the plaintiff.
The appeal is clearly for delay. Let the judgment be affirmed with five per cent, damages for frivolous appeal and costs.