Article 256 — Failure to produce evidence

J) Where evidence which should have been produced in accordance with Art. 137 or 249 is not so produced due to the default of either party, the court may at once pronounce judgment or may, for good cause to be recorded, adjourn the hearing on such terms as to costs or otherwise as it thinks fit. (2) Where a suit is founded upon a negotiable instrument. and it is proved that the instrument is lost and an indemnity is given \ \ CIVIL PROCEDU Kr: CODE 85 by the plaintiff, to the satisfaction of the court, against the claims of any other person upon such instrument, the court may at once pronounce such judgment as it would have pronounced if the instrument had been produced. PARAGRAPH.2. HEARING OF SUIT AND EXAMINATION OF WlTNESSFS