Reid v. Payne
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit against the defendant, as endorser of a promissory note drawn by Hiram Payne, f°r 250 dollars, dated at Albany, the 23d of December, 1816, an^ payable twelve months after date.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit against the defendant, as endorser of a promissory note drawn by Hiram Payne, f°r 250 dollars, dated at Albany, the 23d of December, 1816, an^ payable twelve months after date. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Spencer, at the Albany circuit, in October, Í818* , A demand of payment of H. Payne, the maker of the note, who resided in Albany, was proved by a notary, who also testified, that on inquiry, he was informed that Amaziah Payne, the endorser, lived at Greenbush, in the county of Rensselaer, and he, accordingly, put a notice in due time into the…
1Opinion of the Court
Spencer, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court.
In Chapman v. Lipscombe and Powel, (1 Johns. Rep. 294.) a bill was drawn and dated at Mew-York, on persons residing there, and by them accepted. The drawers resided in Petersburgh in Virginia; the bill was protested for non-payment, and two notices were, in due time, put into the post-office, directed to the drawers, giving them the necessary information; the one directed to them at Mew-York, and the other at Morfolk, according to information received, after diligent inquiry, that they resided at that place : and it was held that as the…
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