Case Name: UNION BANK vs. MORTEE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1840-03
Citations: 14 La. 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNION BANK vs. MORTEE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
UNION BANK vs. MORTEE.
Eastern Dist.
March, 1840.
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OE ST. TAMMANY, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING."
The Union Bank did not loose its capacity to sue and stand in judgment, by the suspension of specie payments.
This is an action against the maker of two notes. The defendant excepted to the capacity and right of the bank to sue, having suspended specie payments, and thereby forfeited its charter. These exceptions were overruled, and from judgment against 'the defendant he appealed.
Penn, for plaintiff.
Mortee, contra.

Opinion:
Martin, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.,
The defendant is appellant from a judgment against him, as maker of two promissory notes. He did not deny his signature, but took exceptions to the right of the bank to sue for having suspended specie payments, and thereby forfeited its charter. He propounded interrogatories to the plaintiff, to establish this fact, which were excepted to by the plaintiff's counsel, and the exceptions were sustained by the court. He has,no claim on this court for relief on the merits.
The decision of this court, in the case of Atchafalaya Bank vs. Dawson, 13 Louisiana Reports, 497, renders it unnecessary to examine whether the exceptions of the plaintiff were correctly sustained or not.
It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the District Court be affirmed, with costs.