McVeigh v. Allen
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of debt in the corporation court of Alexandria, brought by Richard S. Allen' against James. H. McVeigh & Co., as makers, and William R. McVeigh as endorser of two negotiable notes, one of them for $2,502.50 and the other for $1,502.50, both of them dated at Alexandria, 31st May, 1861, and payable in sixty days at the branch of the exchange bank at Alexandria.
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This was an action of debt in the corporation court of Alexandria, brought by Richard S. Allen' against James. H. McVeigh & Co., as makers, and William R. McVeigh as endorser of two negotiable notes, one of them for $2,502.50 and the other for $1,502.50, both of them dated at Alexandria, 31st May, 1861, and payable in sixty days at the branch of the exchange bank at Alexandria. The defendants appeared and pleaded nil debit; and there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against both the defendants. On the trial, the defendants took two exceptions to rulings of the court on the trial…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
I am of opinion, that the circuit court erred in giving the second and third instructions asked for by the plaintiff'. The second instruction tells the jury that if the defendant, William H. McVeigh, went into the Confederate lines between the date and maturity of the notes in controversy, and that he left no known agent in the city of Alexandria to receive notice of the dishonor of the notes, they must find for the plaintiff.
The third instruction declares that if the defendant, William hi. McVeigh, had a residence in Alexandria at the time the notes were protested, and a written notice of…
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