IMPERIAL TRADING COMPANY v. CRESCENT CITY RESTAURANTS, INC.

No. 3654.

230 So.2d 748 (1970)

IMPERIAL TRADING COMPANY, Inc. v. CRESCENT CITY RESTAURANTS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinity & McNamara, Richard J. McGinity, Jr., New Orleans, for Lee R. Leonard, defendant-appellant.

Morphy & Freeman, A. D. Freeman, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN, and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Lee R. Leonard appeals a judgment holding him liable to the payee of two promissory notes as an indorser.

Appellant's unqualified signature appears on the reverse of the notes. He is therefore deemed to be an indorser, LSA-R.S. 7:63, and parol evidence is ordinarily inadmissible to show a contrary intent, Neosho Milling Co. v. Farmers' Co-op. Warehouse Stock Co., 130 La. 949, 58 So. 825 (1912).

Appellant argues that the circumstance...

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