Schorr v. Woodlief

Howe, J.'

Action on foreign bill of exchange drawn by defendant at Jackson, Miss., on a firm iii Mobile, Ala., protested for nonpayment August 28, 1862. Defense, a general denial. Judgment for plaintiff and appeal by deiendant.

The only evidence of the notice of protest was furnished by the introduction, without proof of signature or official capacity, of an official copy of'the act of protest by the notary in Mobile, which contains a clause stating that notices of protest for P. W. Woodlief were sent by mail directed to him at Jackson, Miss. The defendant, by objection *474and exception, presents…