Citizens' Bank v. Grafflin
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. At tlie trial below the plaintiffs offered the following prayer: If the j ury find from the evidence that the draft in controversy was discounted by the defendant for the plaintiffs as partners, trading as J. W. Grafflin & Son, on the 5th of J une, 1867, and was forwarded by the defendant to be presented to the drawee for acceptance, and was accordingly so presented on the 22d day of July, 1867, to the said drawee, who…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. At tlie trial below the plaintiffs offered the following prayer: If the j ury find from the evidence that the draft in controversy was discounted by the defendant for the plaintiffs as partners, trading as J. W. Grafflin & Son, on the 5th of J une, 1867, and was forwarded by the defendant to be presented to the drawee for acceptance, and was accordingly so presented on the 22d day of July, 1867, to the said drawee, who refused to accept the same, and that said draft was protested for non-acceptance on said 22d day of July, then the plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
Grafflin & Son, the plaintiffs below, held the draft of J. P. McQuillen on John Currier, Jr.,of Newburyport, Massachusetts, bearing date May 81st, 1867, and payable ninety days after date,, at the Shawmut Bank, Boston, to their order, which was endorsed by them, and discounted for them by the Citizens’ National Bank of Baltimore, the defendant below.
Before its maturity, it was presented for acceptance, and not being accepted was protested for non-acceptance.
When the draft matured it was protested for non-payment.
The bank informed the Grafflins, on the 4th of September, after the maturity of…
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