Case Name: LAFAYETTE FURNITURE CO., Inc., v. GRAHAM
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1930-05-05
Citations: 170 La. 593
Docket Number: No. 30379
Parties: LAFAYETTE FURNITURE CO., Inc., v. GRAHAM.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 594–594

Head Matter:
(128 So. 526)
LAFAYETTE FURNITURE CO., Inc., v. GRAHAM.
No. 30379.
May 5, 1930.
Van Burén Harris, of New Orleans, for appellant.
Leon Levitan, of New Orleans, for appellee.

Opinion:
ST. PAUL, J.
This is a suit for a balance of $2,038.89 on open account. The defense is that plaintiff accepted, in full liquidation of said balance, an assignment of a claim by defendant against the sewerage and water board up to a like amount.
The evidence shows that such assignment was not accepted by plaintiff in settlement of its claim, but only as additional security therefor, and that in point of fact no such claim against the sewerage ánd water board is acknowledged by said board or shown to exist.
The case is therefore precisely as if defendant had "paid" plaintiff with a check or draft which afterwards proved to be worthless. "A draft [or check] is not usually a payment unless it is honored." Bank of Napoleonville v. Knobloch, 144 La. 100, 80 So. 214, 215.
The judgment below was for plaintiff, and we find it correct.
Decree.
The judgment appealed from is therefore affirmed.