Stephens v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia, and bill of exceptions to the charge of Court. Assumpsit, in the Court below, by Peter Graham and John Graham, trading under the firm of Peter Graham and Co., against Benjamin Stephens as indorser of a promissory note drawn by one John Grant in favour of and indorsed by Benjamin Stephens.
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In Error. ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia, and bill of exceptions to the charge of Court. Assumpsit, in the Court below, by Peter Graham and John Graham, trading under the firm of Peter Graham and Co., against Benjamin Stephens as indorser of a promissory note drawn by one John Grant in favour of and indorsed by Benjamin Stephens. The declaration, which contained but one count, stated the note to have been drawn on the 26th day of July, 1814, for 150 dollars, payable in six months after date. On the trial the plaintiffs gave in evidence a promissory note,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by ■
Duncan J.
The defendants in error, plaintiffs below, declared on a promissory note for 150 dollars payable six months after date, drawn by one John Grant, and made payable to Benjamin Stephens, who indorsed it to the plaintiffs below, and dated on the 26th July, 1814. The date was evidently altered, but whether the alteration was from the 21st or the 25th, was not fully in proof. The direction of the Court was a very special one'.
It is contended by the defendants in error, that the alteration of the date from the 25th to the 26th, is altogether…
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