The BANK OF NORTH-AMERICA v. Pettit

4 U.S. 127 (____)

4 Dall. 127

The Bank of North-America

versus

Pettit.

Supreme Court of United States.

It was argued by Tilghman and Lewis, for the plaintiff.

By the COURT:

The defence is want of notice of the protest of the note in question, within a reasonable time. The law in England is very strict upon this subject. Before any statute existed there, to render promissory notes negotiable, such notes were often made; but they were only regarded as evidence of a debt, and could not, as instruments, be declared upon in an action at law, till the provision was made in the statutes of W. 3. and Anne.…