President of the Bank of Alexandria v. Swann
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error, to the circuit court of the United States for the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbir This was an action in the circuit court of the county of Alexandria, instituted by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant, on a- promissory note drawn by H. Peake, and indorsed by the defendant, payable and negotiable at the Bank of Alexandria.
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IN error, to the circuit court of the United States for the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbir This was an action in the circuit court of the county of Alexandria, instituted by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant, on a- promissory note drawn by H. Peake, and indorsed by the defendant, payable and negotiable at the Bank of Alexandria. The first count in the declaration sets forth, the- liability of the defendant, on a note for 1400 dollars, dated the 23d day of June 1829, and payable in sixty days from the date thereof. The declaration states, that after the time…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This suit was brought in the circuit court of the district of Columbia; for the county of Alexandria, upon a promissory note made by Humphrey Peake, and indorsed by the defendant in error, Upon the trial the jury found a special verdict, upon which the court gave judgment for the defendant, and the case comes here upon a -writ of error.
The points upon which the decision of the case turns, resolve themselves into two questions.
1. Whether notice of the dishonour of the note was given to the indorser in due time ?
2. Whether such notice contained the requisite certainty in the description of the…
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