Whaley v. Houston

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendant, who was sued as the drawer of a bill of exchange upon Messrs. Thornhill & Go., New Orleans, dated July 13th, 1883, and payable nine months after date to D. N. Downing, or order, for the sum of $795 92.

The bill was protested on the 2Tth September, 1853, for non-acceptance, and on the 15th of April, 1854, for non-payment, and notices of both protests duly forwarded to the drawer.

On no ground assigned by the appellee’s counsel in his brief, can the judgment of the District Court be sustained.

He urges that the presentation for…