Woodward v. Foster
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of debt in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, brought by Woodward, Baldwin & Co. against E. W. Glazebrook and Roster & Co. to recover the amount of two bills of $1,000 each, drawn by Glazebrook by his agent in March, 1862, upon Connolly & Co., of New York, in favor of R. R. Roster & ■ Co., and endorsed by them to the plaintiffs, and protested for non-acceptance.
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This was an action of debt in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, brought by Woodward, Baldwin & Co. against E. W. Glazebrook and Roster & Co. to recover the amount of two bills of $1,000 each, drawn by Glazebrook by his agent in March, 1862, upon Connolly & Co., of New York, in favor of R. R. Roster & ■ Co., and endorsed by them to the plaintiffs, and protested for non-acceptance. The suit abated as to Glazebrook by his death, and by consent was dismissed as to Enders, and carried on against Roster alone. The case was tried in May, 1867, and after the plaintiffs had introduced the…
1Opinion of the CourtJoynfs, J.
This action was brought by Woodward, Baldwin & Co. against Foster & Co. as endorsers of two bills of exchange drawn in Richmond in 1862, upon New York, payable to the order of Foster & Co., and by them endorsed specially to the plaintiffs, and which were dishonored bj' the drawees. The suit was dismissed as to Foster’s partner, and proceeded to a judgment against Foster, to which the plaintiffs, having recovered less than they claimed to be entitled to, obtained a supersedeas.
Upon the trial, the defendant introduced evidence to prove, among other things, that when the bills of exchange were…
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