Billingsley v. State Bank

In March, 1850, The State Bank of Indiana, as indorsee of a bill of exchange for 2,000 dollars, brought an action of assumpsit against John Billingsley, as indorser. The declaration, which was filed at the April term, 1850, alleges that the bill was drawn at Lawrenceburgh, in this state, on the 1st of February, 1849, by one Davis W. Cheek on one Henry Raymond, New Orleans; that it was payable, four months after date, to the order of One William V. Cheek, at the Mechanics' and Traders’ Bank, in New Orleans, and was indorsed by the payee, the defendant, and others. The declaration also alleges…