Hickman v. Ryan

Opinion op the Court,

by Ch. J. Boyle.

THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought by Ryan, as endorsee, against Hickman, as the endorsor of a bill of exchange. The bill bears date the 7th of July, 1819, at Maysville, and was drawn by Mitchel and Trotter on William Trotter, at the house of Thomas Tenant, Fells Point, Baltimore, for $1,115, payable at sixty days’ sight, to James Trotter, and was endorsed by James Trotter to Samuel Henderson, by Henderson to the defendant, by him to the plaintiff, and by the plaintiff to Truman and Son, who endorsed it to the cashier 0f the branch Bank of the United…