Armstrong v. Thruston
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Assumpsit brought by the appellee, as holder, against the appellant, as endorser, of a promissory note for $1257.54, dated October 28th, 1850, drawn by Neale, Armstrong Sp Co., payable at six months to blank order and endorsed by the defendant and others. Plea, non assumpsit. 1st Exception.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Assumpsit brought by the appellee, as holder, against the appellant, as endorser, of a promissory note for $1257.54, dated October 28th, 1850, drawn by Neale, Armstrong Sp Co., payable at six months to blank order and endorsed by the defendant and others. Plea, non assumpsit. 1st Exception. The plaintiff proved by McKee, one of the clerks of the firm of Neale, Armstrong & Co., that the note in question, drawn by them, was handed to him by a member of that firm, with directions to take it to defendant for his endorsement; that witness delivered…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
This is an action instituted by the appellee, as holder of a promissory note, against the appellant, as endorser. The defences set up were: first, that the handwriting of the defendant’s endorsement was not genuine; secondly, that there was no demand of payment upon the drawers; and lastly, that the notice to the endorser, Andrew Armstrong, was insufficient.
*156In the course of the trial below, several questions of evidence arose, the decision of which forms the subject of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bills of exceptions. We think that the objection of the appellant to the evidence stated in the 2nd bill…
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