Case Name: CASSOU v. ROBBERT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1928-04-09
Citations: 166 La. 101
Docket Number: No. 26796
Parties: CASSOU v. ROBBERT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 166
Pages: 101–101

Head Matter:
(116 So. 714)
No. 26796.
CASSOU v. ROBBERT.
April 9, 1928.
Emile Pomes, of New Orleans, for appellant.
MeOloskey & Benedict, of New Orleans, for appellee.

Opinion:
ROGERS, J.
The defendant is sued as the indorser of a promissory note for $3,000, dated November 18, 1918, payable on demand, made by one Fernand Cavelier to his order, and by himself also indorsed. In the petition • it is alleged, among- other things, that in April, 1920, plaintiff sued defendant on the note, but discontinued the suit after exceptions had been filed thereto. The present action was instituted on M!arch 10, 1924. Defendant pleaded the prescription of five years. The court below maintained the plea, and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff has appealed.
The judgment appealed from is correct. An action on a promissory note is prescribed by five years from its maturity. Civ. Code, art. 3540. Where a note is payable on demand, this prescription runs from the date of the note, and nót from the demand. Darby v. Darby, 120 La. 847, 45 So. 747, 14 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1208, 14 Ann. Cas. 805. A voluntary discontinuance of a prior suit on a note does not interrupt prescription. Civ. Code, art. 3519.
For the reasons assigned, the judgment appealed from is affirmed, at the cost of the appellant.