Case Name: GAS BANK vs. PHELPS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1841-10
Citations: 19 La. 452
Docket Number: 
Parties: GAS BANK vs. PHELPS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 452–452

Head Matter:
GAS BANK vs. PHELPS.
W«rm B».
October, 1841.
ArfEAL TltOM TUB E0TJ31T 01 TUB SEVENTH DISTRICT FOB. THE FAHISU OF' CATAHOULA, THE JUDKE OF THE SEVENTH FBESIDINO-,
The certificate of the notary must he recorded and attested by two witnesses, to be admissible as evidence of notice.
This is an action against the maker and endorser of a promissory note.
The maker made no defence. The defendant, Phelps, pleaded the want af legal notice as endorser, &c. The notary’s certificate was not recorded and not attested by two witnesses. The notary being dead, the certificate was the only evidence of notice. It was objected to as insufficient, but admitted, and the defendant excepted.
There was judgment for the plaintiffs,and the endorser alone appealed.
Mayo Sf Purvis, for the plaintiffs.
Phelps, in propria persona.

Opinion:
Bullard, J,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The endorser of a promissory note is appellant from a judgment rendered against him as such. He specially denied notice of a demand of the drawer, and his refusal or neglect to. pay. And the only evidence offered by the plaintiffs, to prove such notice was the certificate of a notary public, without witnesses. The case cannot be distinguished from that of the same plaintiffs vs. Nuttall, just decided; ante 447.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the District Court be avoided and reversed, and that, ours be for the defendant as in the case of a non-suit, with costs in both courts.