Taylor v. Bryden
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit, on a judgment ob- • 1 r nr t r tained against the defendant, m the state of Maryland, as _ endorsor of a bill of exchange. " The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Thompson, at the last April sittings, in New-York. The plaintiff produced in evidence a regularly certified copv of the judgment recovered against the defendant, in Maryland, as endorsor of a bill of exchange.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit, on a judgment ob- • 1 r nr t r tained against the defendant, m the state of Maryland, as _ endorsor of a bill of exchange. " The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Thompson, at the last April sittings, in New-York. The plaintiff produced in evidence a regularly certified copv of the judgment recovered against the defendant, in Maryland, as endorsor of a bill of exchange. The bill of exchange was drawn by C. F. T Biske, on J. A. c It also appeared, by a copy of the protest for non-acceptance, taken from the books of the notary, in July, 1804, by another notary,…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The judgment in Maryland, upon which this suit was brought, was rendered against the defendant, as an endorsor of a foreign bill of exchange, and he now contends that he was not chargeable, by reason of the want of due notice of the non-acceptance, and of the non-payment of the bill. Whether notice of the non-acceptance of the bill, without accompanying that notice with the protest for non-acceptance, was competent, under the law of merchants, to charge the party, is a point which we need not now dis.cuss, as the suit in Maryland was upon the…
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