Leger v. Bonnaffe
New York Supreme Court
In Egujity. The plaintiff resided in the city of New-York, and the defendants, Auguste Bonnaffé and Edward Bonnaffé, were merchants, and dealers in exchange, doing business at Havre, in France, under the firm of Bonnaffé & Co., and having an agency at New-York. This agency was under the control of Charles Bonnaffé, who was authorized and empowered to draw bills bn the firm.
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In Egujity. The plaintiff resided in the city of New-York, and the defendants, Auguste Bonnaffé and Edward Bonnaffé, were merchants, and dealers in exchange, doing business at Havre, in France, under the firm of Bonnaffé & Co., and having an agency at New-York. This agency was under the control of Charles Bonnaffé, who was authorized and empowered to draw bills bn the firm. On the 13th of November, 1847, the plaintiff applied to Charles Bonnaffé, the agent, for a bill on Havre, to remit the sum of $5025,53. The agent offered to sell a draft for that amount, at 60 days, and to accept pay for…
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
Before considering the other questions which were raised upon the argument of this motion, it becomes important to decide at what time the purchase of the bills of exchange was made. The plaintiff states, in his bill, that the negotiations which resulted in the purchase, and also the actual delivery of the bills to him, and the transfer by him of the notes in question to the agent of Bonnaffé & Co., all took place on the 15th of November. The defendant Charles Bonnaffé, who made the sale, alleges in his answer, that he drew the bills of exchange, on the 13th of November, but he does not…
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