Supreme Court of Louisiana January 15, 1871, No. 1992 (Case v. Cannon)

Howell, J.

This is a suit against the maker and indorsor of a promissory note for $5000, the defense to which is the idea of compensation, based on three drafts, amounting, as set out in the first answer, to $5077 42, and in the second to $2831 84, drawn by the First National Bank of New Orleans on the Fourth National Bank of New York

On the second trial, in the court below, judgment was rendered