Nicholls v. Webb
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the District Court of Louisiana. This was a suit brought by petition, according to the course of proceedings in Louisiana, (a) by Webb, the defendant in error, against Nicholls, the plaintiff in error, upon a promissory note, dated the 15th of January 1819, made by one Fletcher, for the sum of $4880, payable to the order of Nicholls, at the Nashville Bank, and' indorsed by Nicholls, by his agent, to Webb.
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ERROR to the District Court of Louisiana. This was a suit brought by petition, according to the course of proceedings in Louisiana, (a) by Webb, the defendant in error, against Nicholls, the plaintiff in error, upon a promissory note, dated the 15th of January 1819, made by one Fletcher, for the sum of $4880, payable to the order of Nicholls, at the Nashville Bank, and' indorsed by Nicholls, by his agent, to Webb. The answer of the defendant below, denied such a demand and notice of non-payment, as were necessary to render *him liable as indorser. At the trial, it appeared in evidence, that…
1Opinion of the Court
Story, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court.—
⅛ a writ of error to the district *court of Louisiana. The suit was brought by Mr. Webb, as indorsee, against Mr. Nicholls, as indorser of a promissory note, dated the 15th of January 1819, and made by Thomas H. Fletcher, for the sum of $4880, payable to Nicholls or order, at the Nashville Bank, and indorsed by Nicholls, by his agent, to the plaintiff. The note became due on the 18th of July, which being Sunday, the note, of course, was payable on the preceding Saturday. The cause came on for trial upon petition and answer, according to the…
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