Bryant v. Merchants Bank
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 11 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. CITED Story on Bills, sections 323, 325, 878, 320, 373, 317, 371. Byles on Bills, top pages 441, 399. Story on Promissory Notes, sections 271, 272, 273. Chitty on Bills, 12th American edition, 165. 1Parsons on Bills and Notes, pages 575, 591, 592. 1 McMuIlins (S. C. Rep.) 282, Fowler v. Fleming. 7 Peters, 287, Union Bank of Georgetown v. Magruder. 4 Martin (La.
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Case 11 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. CITED Story on Bills, sections 323, 325, 878, 320, 373, 317, 371. Byles on Bills, top pages 441, 399. Story on Promissory Notes, sections 271, 272, 273. Chitty on Bills, 12th American edition, 165. 1Parsons on Bills and Notes, pages 575, 591, 592. 1 McMuIlins (S. C. Rep.) 282, Fowler v. Fleming. 7 Peters, 287, Union Bank of Georgetown v. Magruder. 4 Martin (La. Rep.) N. S. 126. 19 Pickering, 373, Central Bank v. Davis. 1 Pardessus, 425. 6 Massachusetts, .524. 2 Pardessus, 5th Paris edition, 1841, page 306, No. 425. 6…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the oeinion oe the court.
This action was founded on a bill of exchange for $1,565.46, drawn by S. S. Bush on and accepted by P. and M. Pfeiffer, payable to the order of the appellant, J. M. Bryant, December 12-15, 1868, at the First National Bank, Jeffersonville, Ind., and indorsed by him to the appellee, the bill containing the words “ presentation and protest waived.”
The appellant pleaded, in substance, that he was merely an accommodation indorser of the bill, and indorsed it on being requested to do so after its date, and without observing the waiver expressed in it…
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