Cox v. National Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Kentucky. The first of these cases is an action by the National Bank of the State of New York against Merritt Cox, the drawer, J. C. Whitlock, the payee, and W. F. Cox and William Cowan, the two last doing business as partners under the firm name of Cox & Cowan, the acceptors of the following bill: — “ $5,000. Hopkinsville, Ky., Aug. 3,1875. “ Eighty days after date pay to the order of J. C. Whitlock five…
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Ebbob to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Kentucky. The first of these cases is an action by the National Bank of the State of New York against Merritt Cox, the drawer, J. C. Whitlock, the payee, and W. F. Cox and William Cowan, the two last doing business as partners under the firm name of Cox & Cowan, the acceptors of the following bill: — “ $5,000. Hopkinsville, Ky., Aug. 3,1875. “ Eighty days after date pay to the order of J. C. Whitlock five thousand dollars, valué received, and charge to account, renewing a bill for same amount and names, due Aug. 3, 1875. ((…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Bills of exchange are written orders or requests from one party to another for the payment of money to a third person or his order, on account of the drawer, and, if payable at sight ■or at a' date subsequent to the acceptance by the drawee, the instrument must be duly presented for payment, else the parties to the same conditionally liable for the payment of the amount will be discharged. Different rules prevail as to the place where the presentment for payment must be made, dependent upon the form, of the instrument and the place where and the terms in which it was accepted.
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