Gowan v. Jackson
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaint.g.g^ ag en(jorseeS} agajnst the defendant, as drawer of a bill ofexchange. The bill was dated Antigua, July 18, 1817, for £381 16s. 2\d. sterling, on Messrs.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaint.g.g^ ag en(jorseeS} agajnst the defendant, as drawer of a bill ofexchange. The bill was dated Antigua, July 18, 1817, for £381 16s. 2\d. sterling, on Messrs. Jackson and Brothers, London, payable ninety days after sight, to Hugh Mackay, or order, and endorsed by him, Robert jun. and by George M‘Nish fy Co. At the trial, before Mr. Justice Van Ness, at the New-York Sittings, in November, 1820, the plaintiffs gave in evidence a protest for non-acceptance, dated 16th January, 1818, anda protest for non-payment, dated April 14, 1818. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Spencer, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court: rp|je first p0int arising in this cause, as to the delay in presenting the bill for acceptance, was fully discussed and considered in the case of Robinson v. Ames.* This is also a foreign bill, and was payable ninety days after sight, ¿ated Ju¡y is, 1817, and presented for acceptance the 16th January, 1818; and it had been circulated and passed through several hands. For the reasons given in the case of Robinson v. Ames, we are of opinion, that there was no laches in presenting the bill.
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