Sowerwein v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Frederick county court. This was an action of assumpsit instituted by the appellants, against the appellees, on the 2nd of June, 1832, to recover the amount of a promissory note for $215, made by the appellee in favour of the appellants, dated 20th of February, 1832, and payable 60 days after date.
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Appeal from Frederick county court. This was an action of assumpsit instituted by the appellants, against the appellees, on the 2nd of June, 1832, to recover the amount of a promissory note for $215, made by the appellee in favour of the appellants, dated 20th of February, 1832, and payable 60 days after date. Issue was joined upon the plea of non assumpsit. 1. At the trial, after the plaintiffs had proved the execution of the note upon which the action was brought; the defendant proved, and read to the jury, a bill of exchange for $300, drawn by one Jlsbury Norwood, on the plaintiffs, and…
1Opinion of the CourtChambers, Judge
The first bill of exceptions presents the question, whether an endorser of a bill of exchange is bound by a promise to repay the acceptor, the amount of the bill which the acceptor had paid to the endorsee, such promise having been made solely in consequence of the entire ignorance and misconception by the endorser, of the nature and extent of his liability.
The appellant’s counsel has not relied on this exception, and we concur entirely in the opinion of the court below.
The question raised by the second exception is not probably, the precise point intended to be raised by the plaintiffs’…
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