Brown, Graves & Co. v. Ambler, Marvin & Stockton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellees against the appellants on a bill of exchange for $500, drawn by McGree & Hunt on the latter, payable at sight, to the order of J. Van Evary, and by him endorsed. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court. It was submitted to the determination of the Court below without the aid of a jury.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellees against the appellants on a bill of exchange for $500, drawn by McGree & Hunt on the latter, payable at sight, to the order of J. Van Evary, and by him endorsed. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court. It was submitted to the determination of the Court below without the aid of a jury. First Exception. — The plaintiffs, further to support the issues joined on their part, offered evidence to show that while the cargo of lumber mentioned in the inspector’s certificate, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
McGee and Hunt, merchants residing in Elorida, were authorized by a letter from Brown, Graves & Co., of Bal*396timore, to draw on them at sight with a hill of lading for five hundred dollars, as soon as the schooner Russell should complete her cargo of yellow pine flooring. The writers stated that they would honor the draft. The schooner was loaded and McGee and Hunt drew a draft for the amount on Brown, Graves & Co., in favor of J. Van Evary. He presented the draft with the lettér, and the schooner’s bill of lading to Ambler, Marvin and Stockton, bankers, who cashed the draft, and forwarded it…
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