Planters' Bank v. Sellman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Anne Arundel County Court. Assumpsit by the holders, the appellants, against the appellee, John Sellman, the endorser of an inland hill of exchange, commenced July 17th, 182G. The general issue was pleaded. At the trial the plaintiffs read in evidence the following bill of exchange: “ $550. Tracey's Landing, August 2d, 1823. Thirty days after date, pay to John Sellman, or order, five hundred and fifty dollars, for value received, and place the same to my account.
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Appeal from Anne Arundel County Court. Assumpsit by the holders, the appellants, against the appellee, John Sellman, the endorser of an inland hill of exchange, commenced July 17th, 182G. The general issue was pleaded. At the trial the plaintiffs read in evidence the following bill of exchange: “ $550. Tracey's Landing, August 2d, 1823. Thirty days after date, pay to John Sellman, or order, five hundred and fifty dollars, for value received, and place the same to my account. T. Tongue. Messrs. B. D. and R. Mulliken, Baltimore. Endorsed, John Sellman. Pay to James L. Hawkins, Esquire, Cashier,…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This Suit was originally brought on a hill of exchange drawn by Thomas Tongue, on Messrs. B. D. and R. Mulliken, payable to the defendant, John Sellman, or order, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff, and protested for non-payment, of which due notice was given to the defendant. The general issue was pleaded, and at the trial the defen*233dant gave in evidence a letter written by the Cashier of the Planters Bank of Prince George’s County, to the plaintiff, dated after the protest for non-payment and notice, and directed to the administrator of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McLemore v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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