Mandeville v. Joseph Riddle & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia sitting at Alexandria, in an action on the case brought by the defendant in error for money had and, received, which was the only count in the declaration; and to which the defendant pleaded the general issue.
Read the full summary
Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia sitting at Alexandria, in an action on the case brought by the defendant in error for money had and, received, which was the only count in the declaration; and to which the defendant pleaded the general issue. The evidence offered and admitted to support the declaration was a promissory note made by Vincent Gray, dated at Alexandria on the 2d of March 1798, by which he promised to pay sixty days after date to the order of Mandeville and Jameson 1500 dollars for value received, negotiable at the bank of Alexandaia. This note was indorsed…
1Opinion of the Court
The chief justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
“ The only question in this case is, Whether an action “ of indebitatus assumpsit can be maintained by the assignee “ of a promissory note made in Virginia, against a re- “ mote assignor.
“ The act of the Virginia assembly which makes notes “ assignable, gives the assignee an action of debt in his own “ name against the maker of the note, but is silent with “ respect to the claim of the assignee against the assignor. “ It was therefore long a doubt whether the assignor be- “ came liable on his mere assignment, without any special “ agreement,…
2Cited by23 opinions
- Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company v. Aviation Office of America, Inc. International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Hurd v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Sebree v. DorrSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Page's Administrators v. Bank of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1822
- State v. BeesonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.