Hamtramck v. Selden, Withers & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of debt in the Circuit court of Jefferson county, brought by Sel-den, Withers & Co. against John P. Ham-tramck as maker, and Alexander R. Boteler and others as endorsers, of a negotiable note for two thousand dollars.
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This was an action of debt in the Circuit court of Jefferson county, brought by Sel-den, Withers & Co. against John P. Ham-tramck as maker, and Alexander R. Boteler and others as endorsers, of a negotiable note for two thousand dollars. The declaration charged that on the 31st of December 1851, at Shepherdstown in the county of Jefferson, the note was made by the defendant Hamtramck, payable to Boteler at the Bank of the Metropolis in the city of Washington, District of Columbia; and that on the same day, at the county aforesaid, it was endorsed by the respective endorsers. The defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
ABUON, P.
This is an action of debt against the maker and endorsers of a promissory note, dated at Shepherdstown, Virginia, on the 31st of December 1851, and negotiable and payable at the Bank of the Metropolis, Washington, D. C. The declaration is in the usual form, averring the making of the note and the endorsement to the plaintiffs below, at the county of Jefferson, Virginia.
On setting aside the office judgment, two special pleas were filed, which being received, the plaintiffs below demurred generally ; and the demurrer being sustained, judgment was rendered against the defendants below…
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