Magruder v. McDonald
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Indebitatus assumpsit, for money paid, laid out, and expended by the plaintiff, for the use of the defendant, at his request, and upon an insimul computasset.
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Indebitatus assumpsit, for money paid, laid out, and expended by the plaintiff, for the use of the defendant, at his request, and upon an insimul computasset. At the trial a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff by consent, subject to the opinion of the Court upon the following case agreed. . 1 In this case it is agreed that the plaintiff produced in evidence a promissory note, in these words and figures, to wit: “ $950 George Town, November 25th, 1823. Sixty days after date, I promise to pay George B. Magruder, or order, nine hundred and fifty dollars, at the Office of Discount and Deposit,…
1Opinion of the CourtMoksell, J.
J., dissenting.)
This action was brought to recover of McDonald one half of a sum of money, which the plaintiff has been compelled to pay to the Bank of the United States, as indorser for Samuel Turner.
This was the case. In the year-1819 the bank discounted two promissory notes, for the sole Accommodation of Turner: one indorsed by George B, Magruder and John G. McDonald, for $270; the other indorsed by George B. Magruder and Samuel Hambleton, for $710.
On the 20th of September, 1820, the last-mentioned note was renewed, and McDonald received as indorser, in lieu of Samuel Hambleton. In March,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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