BATON ROUGE BANK & TRUST CO. v. WHITTINGTON

No. 8658.

256 So.2d 313 (1971)

BATON ROUGE BANK & TRUST CO. v. Doyle WHITTINGTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred H. Belcher of McCollister, Belcher, McCleary & Fazio, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Doyle Whittington.

John Schwab, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Baton Rouge Bank & Trust Co.

Before LANDRY, BLANCHE and TUCKER, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

Defendant Whittington appeals the judgment of the trial court recognizing plaintiff bank as the holder in due course of two promissory notes executed by defendant, and also awarding plaintiff judgment for the balance due on the instruments together with interest and attorney's fees. We affirm.

The defenses interposed are essentially that plaintiff is not a holder in due course; that the notes were given without consideration and, alternatively...

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