Evans v. Gee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR from the district court of the United States, for the southern district of Alabama. The defendant in error, Sterling H. Gee, a- citizen of the state of North Carolina, instituted an action of assumpsit in the district court, against Thomas Evans, a citizen of the state of Georgia. The action was founded on a bill of exchange drawn by Harris Smith, in Wilcox county, in the state of Alabama, December 16, 1834, on.
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ERROR from the district court of the United States, for the southern district of Alabama. The defendant in error, Sterling H. Gee, a- citizen of the state of North Carolina, instituted an action of assumpsit in the district court, against Thomas Evans, a citizen of the state of Georgia. The action was founded on a bill of exchange drawn by Harris Smith, in Wilcox county, in the state of Alabama, December 16, 1834, on. George M. Rives, at twelve months -after date, payable-to the order of Thomas Evans, and by him endorsed in blank. The bill was ■ regularly protested for non-acceptance, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This action is brought upon a bill of exchange of which the following is a copy.
$5350 Wilcox County, Dec. 16, 1834.
Twelve months after date of this, my sole and only bill of same tenor and date, pay to the order of Thomas Evans, five thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; negotiable and payable at the office of discount ánd deposite branch bank of the United States at Mobile, for value received, this, the 16th day of December, 1834.
H. SMITH EVANS.
To Geojr&e M. Rives, Mobile.
The plaintiff in error, the payee of the bill, endorsed the same in blank, and the defendant in error became the bona…
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