Steinmetz v. Currey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
MOTION for a new trial. The circumstances of the case were these:-James Whitelaw drew a bill of exchange, dated the 30th of October 1775, for £.239. 18. o. sterling, upon William Houston and Co. in Refrew near Glasgow, payable on the 1st of August, 1776, in favor of John Witherspoon, or order; which bill was afterwards indorsed by the said John Witherspoon, by Archibald Currey (the Defendant) by Archibald and Wm.
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MOTION for a new trial. The circumstances of the case were these:-James Whitelaw drew a bill of exchange, dated the 30th of October 1775, for £.239. 18. o. sterling, upon William Houston and Co. in Refrew near Glasgow, payable on the 1st of August, 1776, in favor of John Witherspoon, or order; which bill was afterwards indorsed by the said John Witherspoon, by Archibald Currey (the Defendant) by Archibald and Wm. Blair, by John Pringle, by Steinmetz and Bell, (the Plaintiffs) by Mark Freeman and by William Cowpland. The Defendant’s indorsement was made on, or about, the 17th of April 1777,…
1Opinion of the Court
The motion for a new trial was made, and argued, at the last term; and now the Chief Justice, having recapitulated the preceding state of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
M'Kean, Chief Justice.
The motion for a new trial in this cause, has been supported on two grounds: 1st, Because the Plaintiffs declare on the first bill of exchange, and produce the second and third, with a protest of the second; alledging, that the first was also protested, but furnishing no proof of that fact. And 2dly, because the verdict was against law and evidence.
Granting new trials depends on the legal…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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