Riddle & Co. v. Mandeville & Jamesson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, in a suit in chancery, brought by Riddle & Co. against Mandeyille- and Jamesson, remote end.orsors of a promissory noté, dated March 2,1798, at sixty days, for 1,500 dollars, drawn hy Vincent Gray, payable tb the defendants or order, and by them endorsed’ in blank, Upon its ^ace h was declared to be negotiable in the bank of Alexandria, The note so drawn and endorsed was by Gray put' into the…
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ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, in a suit in chancery, brought by Riddle & Co. against Mandeyille- and Jamesson, remote end.orsors of a promissory noté, dated March 2,1798, at sixty days, for 1,500 dollars, drawn hy Vincent Gray, payable tb the defendants or order, and by them endorsed’ in blank, Upon its ^ace h was declared to be negotiable in the bank of Alexandria, The note so drawn and endorsed was by Gray put' into the hands of a broker who passed h,*0 D* Wi Scott for -flour, which he sold for 1,200 dollars in cash, and pdid the money to…
1Opinion of the Court
March 13.
Marshail, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.as follows:
This suit is brought by the holder of a promissory note to recover its amount from- a remote endorsor. In a suit between the same parties, this court had previously, determined that the plaintiff was without remedy at law; . It is now to be decided whether he is entitled t'o the aid of a có.urt of equity.
■. 3Lf, as vas stated by. the counsel' for. the defendants, the question, is, whether a court of cbaiicery Would create contracts into which individuals had never entered, and decree the payment of money from person's who…
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