Watson v. Hahn

Assumpsit by second indorsee against first indorser of a promissory note, and demurrer to special counts in the declaration overruled; plea of general issue to the common counts, and trial to the court and judgment for the plaintiff.

Upon the question raised by the demurrer, the- supreme court held, under a Virginia statute in some respects similar to ours, that an indorsee of a promissory note could not sue *495a remote indorser at law (Mandeville v. Riddle, 1 Cranch, 290), and that the remedy was by bill in equity. Riddle v. Mandeville, 5 Cranch, 322. In Illinois, whence our statute was…