MEADOW BROOK NATIONAL BANK v. RECILE

Civ. A. No. 67-341.

302 F.Supp. 62 (1969)

The MEADOW BROOK NATIONAL BANK v. Sam J. RECILE and Wilson P. Abraham.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry A. Brown, D. D. Howard, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for The Meadow Brook Nat. Bank.

James J. Morrison, New Orleans, La., for Sam J. Recile.

Moise S. Steeg, Jr., Steeg & Shushan, New Orleans, La., for Wilson P. Abraham.


HEEBE, District Judge:

This diversity suit, while appearing to be a run-of-the-mine suit on a promissory note, is steeped with intriguing and unique questions of vast importance to the lending institutions of this state. The real problem is usury, an ancient one, and the solution is unexpectedly difficult under Louisiana law. The tale, though, is a remarkably familiar one.

On April 6, 1966, Sam J. Recile and Wilson P. Abraham endorsed a negotiable promissory...

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