Grimshaw v. Bender
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action of assumpsit on a bill of exchange drawn at Manchester, in England, July 6th, 1807, by the plaintiff upon the defendants, for 487l. 18s. sterling, payable to the plaintiff or his order in six months, and accepted on the same day, by the defend ánts, to pay in London, and afterwards duly protested, for non-payment, of which due notice was given to the defendants, and a demand made on them for payment.
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This was an action of assumpsit on a bill of exchange drawn at Manchester, in England, July 6th, 1807, by the plaintiff upon the defendants, for 487l. 18s. sterling, payable to the plaintiff or his order in six months, and accepted on the same day, by the defend ánts, to pay in London, and afterwards duly protested, for non-payment, of which due notice was given to the defendants, and a demand made on them for payment. On the trial of the cause, before Parker, J., at the last November term, on the general issue, a verdict for 2488 dollars 17 cents was found for the plaintiff, by the consent…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The action is assumpsit by the plaintiff as holder of a bill of exchange, drawn by himself in Manchester, in England, on the defendants, in sterling money, and made payable to his own *131order in six months, against the defendants as acceptors, who, on the date of the bill, accepted to pay it in London. A verdict was found for the plaintiff on the trial, subject to the opinion of the Court upon the case reserved.
*On examining the case, there appears to be but one [ * 160 J point litigated by the parties, they differing only as to the rule by which the damages should be assessed.
The defendants…
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