Renshaw v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action against thé defendants as first endorsers of a bill of exchange. The bill was dated May 12, 1853 ; was drawn by M. Langhorne on J. J. Childs, of New Orleans, in favor of the defendants, and payable thirty days after date. After several endorsements, the bill came to the possession of and-was held by the Bank of the State of Missouri.
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•Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action against thé defendants as first endorsers of a bill of exchange. The bill was dated May 12, 1853 ; was drawn by M. Langhorne on J. J. Childs, of New Orleans, in favor of the defendants, and payable thirty days after date. After several endorsements, the bill came to the possession of and-was held by the Bank of the State of Missouri. The bank, by its cashier, endorsed the bill and transmitted it to the Bank of Louisiana, at New Orleans, for collection.. The Bank of Louisiana caused the bill to be presented to-Childs, the drawee,…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This case comes here on the general instruction, that, on the evidence, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. Under such circumstances, the counsel have agreed that the only point determined below was, whether there was such notice to the prior endorsers as would warrant a recovery against them by a holder who had taken up. the bill whilst in the hands of the Bank of Missouri.
A bill of exchange, payable thirty days after date, was endorsed to the Bank of Missouri after several intermediate endorsements. The bank endorsed it for collection to a bank in New Orleans. The bill was presented…
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