Dulany v. Hodgkin

9 U.S. 333

5 Cranch 333

3 L.Ed. 117

DULANY

v.

HODGKIN.

February Term, 1809

1

ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, in an action of assumpsit by the endorsee of a promissory note against his immediate endorsor. The note was made by Wellborn, on the 1st of January, 1806, for 200 dollars, payable to Hodgkin or order 120 days after date, negotiable at the bank of Alexandria. On the trial, the plaintiff did not produce any evidence of a suit against the maker, nor evidence of his insolvency, but proved that the maker never was an inhabitant of the district of…