COLTHARP v. CALCASIEU-MARINE NATIONAL BANK

No. 2008.

199 So.2d 568 (1967)

Leland H. COLTHARP, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CALCASIEU-MARINE NATIONAL BANK OF LAKE CHARLES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Coltharp, by H. O. Lestage, III, DeRidder, for plaintiff-appellant.

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh, by Charles Carwile, Robert E. Turner, Joe J. Tritico, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGE and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGÉ, Judge.

By this appeal we are called upon to decide but a single legal issue, namely, whether under our Negotiable Instruments Law a check which is originally payable to order is converted by a subsequent blank endorsement into bearer paper so that, despite a later special endorsement, the check remains bearer paper and may be successfully negotiated without further endorsement.

Briefly, the facts are as follows: One Samuel C. Mazilly executed a...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases