Supreme Court of Louisiana June 15, 1848 (Forsyth v. Martin)

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J,

The plaintiff, who resides in Kentucky, alleges that he forwarded for collection to Lonsdale 4 Co. of New Orleans, two certain drafts, for $1,000 each, drawn at Louisville, on Martin 4* Co., a commercial firm of New Orleans, payable ten days after sight; that the drafts were left at the counting-house of the said Martin 4' Co.