Chesley v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Prince George’s county court. This was an action of debt, commenced on the 9th September 1842, by the appellee against the appellant. The plaintiff declared upon the single bill of John F. Chesley and W. G. Sanders, Jr., dated 5th August 1841, payable nine months after date, to Eli S. Baldwin or order, for $100, with interest, assigned by him to the plaintiff, by assignment in writing, for value received, and then delivered to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Prince George’s county court. This was an action of debt, commenced on the 9th September 1842, by the appellee against the appellant. The plaintiff declared upon the single bill of John F. Chesley and W. G. Sanders, Jr., dated 5th August 1841, payable nine months after date, to Eli S. Baldwin or order, for $100, with interest, assigned by him to the plaintiff, by assignment in writing, for value received, and then delivered to the plaintiff. The oyertendered with the declaration, showed the following endorsement on the single bill. “For value received, I hereby assign and transfer…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
In this case, an action of debt was instituted by the appellee, in his own name, against the appellant, on a single bill executed by the appellant and William G. Saunders, in tírese words:
“Nine months after date, we promise to pay Eli S. Baldwin, or order, the sum of one hundred dollars, for value received, as witness our hands and seals, this 5th day of August 1841.”
The plaintiff, in his amended declaration, after reciting the bill, alleged, that Eli S. Baldwin, to whose order the single bill was payable, assigned the same to the plaintiff, by assignment in writing, for value received, and…
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