Timms v. Delisle

This was an action of debt by Timms against the defendant as administrator of C. Delisle, the indorser of a promissory note payable at the branch of the state bank of Indiana, at Vincennes., The defendant pleaded the general issue and plena administravit.

The plaintiff proved by a notary public,, that the note, at maturity, was protested for non-payment and want of funds at the bank; that a notice to the defendant, in the usual form, was deposited by the witness in the post-office at Vincennes; that Delisle in his lifetime resided, about three miles from Vincennes, and witness understood that…