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· 10/19/1908

Meyer Bros. v. Colvin

Citations

  • 122 La. 153
  • 47 So. 447
  • 1908 La. LEXIS 424

Syllabus

<p>1. Prescription — Suspension — Possession oe Collateral.</p> <p>The continued possession by the creditor of a note pledged as collateral operates a suspension of prescription on the principal obligation after the collateral note is prescribed on its face,</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Limitation of Actions, Dec. Dig. § 168.*]</p> <p>2. Pledges (§' 30*) — Laches oe Pledgee-Remedies oe Pledgor.</p> <p>In such a case the remedy of the pledgor is for damages sustained by reason of the lach-es of the pledgee, who is responsible for the net sum he might have collected by legal proceedings seasonably instituted.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Pledges, Cent. Dig. § 85; Dec. Dig. § 30.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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  • denying certification because most of the proposed class was subject to a potentially valid arbitration provision that the named plaintiff opted out of

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