Crocker v. Getchell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The facts in the case appear in the opinion of the Court. The notice to which objection was made was as follows: ((Augusta, Dec. 29, 1836. . Sir — Please to take notice, that Wheeler & Perkins’ note, dated August 25, 1836, for fourteen hundred and ninety-one ' dollars and ninety cents, payable in four months, became due this day, and is protested for non-payment, and that the holder looks to you as indorser for the same. “ D. Williams, Not. Pub.
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The facts in the case appear in the opinion of the Court. The notice to which objection was made was as follows: ((Augusta, Dec. 29, 1836. . Sir — Please to take notice, that Wheeler & Perkins’ note, dated August 25, 1836, for fourteen hundred and ninety-one ' dollars and ninety cents, payable in four months, became due this day, and is protested for non-payment, and that the holder looks to you as indorser for the same. “ D. Williams, Not. Pub. “ Edmund Getchell, Esq.” contended: That the Cumberland Bank was to be considered the real holder of the note for the purpose of receiving and…
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Shepley J.
The plaintiff as indorsee has brought this suit against the defendant as indorser of a promisory note, bearing date' on August 25, 1836, made by Messrs. Wheeler & Perkins of Augusta, payable to the defendant or order in four months, and by him indorsed iff blank. It was also indorsed by Ira D. Bugbee, as cashier of the bank of Cumber*395land, and transmitted to the cashier of the Augusta Bank for collection. Mr. Williams testified, that he received it from the cashier on December 28, 1838, after bank hours, and as a notary presented it to the…
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