Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1857

Linton v. Wikoff

Linton v. Wikoff
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided August 15, 1857 · Spofford
12 La. Ann. 880

Linton v. Wikoff

Opinion of the Court

Spofford, J.

A re-hearing is asked upon the question of prescription, as to the reconven tional demand.

That demand is not founded upon the promissory notes directly. It is a demand for reimbursement for moneys paid by the plaintiff as surety for the defendant. The suretyship is on negotiable paper, it is true; but it has, been held, that the prescription applicable to a demand by the holder upon the notes themselves is not applicable to the demand of the surety for reimbursement against his principal. This is a personal action which is barred only by ten years. C. C., 3508; Toledano v. Gardiner, 2 An. 779; Succession of Guillaume, ib., 636.

Re-hearing1 refused.

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