Miller v. Hackley
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action óf asslcmpsit. The declaration contained seven counts. The first Count was on a bill of exchange, dated the 17th of March, 1804, dravvn by Mackley and Fisher, of Nero-Tork, in the life-time of Wigginton, on Augustine H. Boughan, of Baltimore, requiring him, thirty days after, to pay to Richard S', Hackley and Seth B. Wigginton, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars, &c.
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THIS was an action óf asslcmpsit. The declaration contained seven counts. The first Count was on a bill of exchange, dated the 17th of March, 1804, dravvn by Mackley and Fisher, of Nero-Tork, in the life-time of Wigginton, on Augustine H. Boughan, of Baltimore, requiring him, thirty days after, to pay to Richard S', Hackley and Seth B. Wigginton, or order, one hundred and fifty dollars, &c. This count further stated, that Hackley and Wiggintoti, on the same day, endorsed the bill, and made it payable to Hugh Thompson or order, who endorsed it to the plaintiff; the plaintiff, on the 28th…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Ness, J.
By an agreement of counsel, the motion on the part of the defendant, for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, came on together. This suit is to charge the defendant, as endorsor of a bill, drawn in New-York, on Baltimore, for 250 dollars, and of two bills drawn in NewTork, on Charleston, the one for 310 dollars, and the other for 315 dollars.
With respect to the first bill, I do not perceive any objection to the right of recovery. The bill, when presented for acceptance, was refused, and due notice, *384, given to the defendant. The evidence to this point con» • sisted of the deposition of a…
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