Court Opinion

ID: 9658148
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:48:21.635887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:52.044264
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SANDERS, Justice
(concurring).
I am of the view that parol evidence is inadmissible to prove the notes were payable when the ■ automobiles were sold, rather than on demand as recited in the notes and mortgages. If parol evidence were admissible, the alleged oral agreement would overlap and contradict the detailed content of the written instruments. LSA-C.C. Art. 2276; Fudickar v. Inabnet, 176 La. 777, 146 So. 745; Clasen v. Excel Finance Causeway, Inc., La.App., 170 So.2d 924; Jonesboro State Bank v. Jones, La.App., 160 So. 187. See also Britton, Bills and Notes, (2d ed., 1961), § 52, pp. 122-126, and the numerous decisions cited.
I agree with the majority that there is a genuine issue as to whether a demand for payment was made prior to suit. • •
This is a material fact in the present case. An action on a demand note may be sustained without a pre-suit demand. Bielanski v. Westfield Sav. Bank, 313 Mass. 577, 48 N.E.2d 627, 147 A.L.R. 1104; 11 Am.Jur.2d Bills and Notes, § 286, pp. 311-312; 12 Am.Jur.2d, Bills and Notes; § 1033, p. 48; Beutel’s Brannan Negotiable Instruments Law (7th ed., 1948), §§ 7(1), p. 305; Annotation, 147 A.L.R. 1109. In these notes, however, the demand for payment starts the running of the contractual eight percentum interest. Hence, without a pre-suit demand, the interest accrues only from judicial demand.
• For the reasons assigned, I concur in the decree.