Brailsford v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This suit was brought on the 1st of January 185T, by the appellees, trading' under the firm of John Williams & Son, as endorsees and holders, against the appellant as drawer, of a bill of exchange for $1800.92, at thirty clays, dated Charleston, S. C., June 22nd, 1854, in favor of Williams, Butler & Co., upon S. D, Tonge & Co., Baltimore Maryland, and by said Williams, Butler & Go., endorsed to the plaintiffs.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This suit was brought on the 1st of January 185T, by the appellees, trading' under the firm of John Williams & Son, as endorsees and holders, against the appellant as drawer, of a bill of exchange for $1800.92, at thirty clays, dated Charleston, S. C., June 22nd, 1854, in favor of Williams, Butler & Co., upon S. D, Tonge & Co., Baltimore Maryland, and by said Williams, Butler & Go., endorsed to the plaintiffs. It was accepted by the drawees, a,nd at its maturity was protested for non-payment, the protest stating in regard to notice, “and on…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
This is an action of assumpsit by the endorsee against the ■drawer of a bill of exchange. The questions for consideration relate to the notice of dishonor of the bill; and these are: 1st, whether such notice, if in due time, from the acceptor to the drawer, binds the latter in an action against him? 2nd, whether the letter in this case is not sufficient, notwithstanding the imperfections of the copy? 3rd, whether there }S evidence that the letter was mailed?
Treating the first of these propositions with reference to the purposes for which the law requires notice to parties to bills of…
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