Kræutler v. President of the Bank of the United States

The plaintiffs, as holders, sue on an inland bill of exchange, purporting to have been drawn in London, by S. Jaudon, attorney of the Bank of the United States, to his own order, on the 22d of October, 1841, on Gen. C. F. Mercer, attorney of the Union Bank of Florida, then in Loudon. The bill is lor £7,215 sterling, accepted by the drawee, payable at ■ the house of the plaintiffs, on the 1st May, 1842. The bill was not paid at maturity, and the plaintiffs allege that it was duly presented for payment, protested, and that notice was given to the drawer. They also allege that the said drawer…