Powell v. Waters
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
On error from the supreme court. The action below was assumpsit by the plaintiffs, J. and T. Povíell, as second indorsees, against the defendant, as first indorser of a promissory note.
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On error from the supreme court. The action below was assumpsit by the plaintiffs, J. and T. Povíell, as second indorsees, against the defendant, as first indorser of a promissory note. (17 John. 176, S. C.) "On the trial, before Mr. Justice Woodworth, at the Orange circuit, in September, 1820, the jury found a special verdict, as follows: That on the fourteentli day of July, 1814, Benjamin Wood made and signed his certain promissory note, by which he- promised to pay to Thomas Waters, or order, ninety days after date, fifteen hundred dollars, at the bank of Newburgh; that Waters endorsed the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jones, Chancellor.'
It is evident from the opinion of the supreme court, that the cause turned there on the single point of competency. The sole object of the writ of error is defeated, if things remain in their present shape. But we ought not to hear and decide the question of amendment ex parte. Counsel should- be heard on both sides; and for that purpose, perhaps a motion be regularly made. I am free to say, however, that I would not inquire whether there be, j ust now, any thin'g in the supreme court which can be brought up. The practice of that court is well known. They will- even allow…
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