Bank of Tennessee v. Smith

Judge -SiitEsoisr

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a joint action of assumpsit, brought by the President -and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee, against the drawers and the defendant Smith, as sürviv-ing endorser of a bill of exchange for twenty five hundred dollars, payable four months after date, drawn on Roberts & Williams, of New York, and purchased by the Branch Bank of Tennessee in Clarksville-.

The Court below, having, after the plaintiffs had closed their evidence, instructed the jury as in the case of a non suit, a verdict and judgment Were rendered for the defendant Smith,…