Ingersoll v. . Long

"On 7 February, 1837, William K. Paulding, of Greensborough, Alabama, made, at that place, his promissory note to Benjamin G. Shields, for $3,168, negotiable and payable at the Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Mobile, on 1 January, 1838. This note was afterwords endorsed in blank by Shields, the payee, at the said Greensborough, at which place he was a resident, and passed (437) with such endorsement, in Alabama, to the defendant Long, for a full and valuable consideration, by him paid therefor. And the said Long afterwards, being in Halifax, North Carolina, where he resided,…