Montgomery Bell v. Bank of Nashville

The declaration states that on the 7th of August, 1819, a hill single was made and signed by Whitesides, his agent, duly authorized, by which he undertook ill sixty days to pay at the Bank of Nashville, to Whitesides, who indorsed to Alfred Balch, who indorsed to the bank ; that on the last day of grace it was presented for payment and was not paid, whereby an action accrued, &c. To this there was a demurrer for several causes, all which were overruled but two, and these two are now to be decided by this Court. The first of these two questions is this : Could the Legislature of Tennessee…