Selden v. Washington
Court of Appeals of Maryland
•Appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery county. Assumpsit^ brought on the 26th of February 1853, by the appellant against the appellee’s intestate, on three promissory notes, the first for $500, drawn by John Lee in favor, of George C. Washington, or order, and by him endorsed, dated “ Washington, Aug. 3rd, 1852,” and payable sixty days after date; the second for $700, drawn, endorsed and payable as the former, and dated “Washington, Sept. 2nd, 1852;” and tke third for…
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•Appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery county. Assumpsit^ brought on the 26th of February 1853, by the appellant against the appellee’s intestate, on three promissory notes, the first for $500, drawn by John Lee in favor, of George C. Washington, or order, and by him endorsed, dated “ Washington, Aug. 3rd, 1852,” and payable sixty days after date; the second for $700, drawn, endorsed and payable as the former, and dated “Washington, Sept. 2nd, 1852;” and tke third for $200, dated “Washington, Oct, 2nd, 1852,” ■drawn by George C. Washington in favor of John Lee, or order, and by him…
1Opinion of the Court
Le Grano, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of this court.
This action is brought to reco\Ter the amounts of three promissory notes; two of them drawn by John Lee, in favor of George C. Washington, the intestate of the appellee, and by him endorsed, and the other by George 0. Washington, in favor of John Leo, and bj the latter endorsed. In regard to this last note, the record presents no question for the decision of this court.
The points in coniroversy relate to the sufficiency of the demand of payment of the notes drawn by Lee, and to tha*, *386of the notice of non-payment given to the endorser,…
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- Ricketts v. PendletonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1859
- Graham v. SangstonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1851
- Hunter v. Van Bomhorst & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1851
- Crowley v. BarryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846
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