Lenox v. Levereti
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit on two bills of exchange, of which William Levereti, the defendant’s intestate, was the first endorser. The action was tried on the general issue, at the last November term in this county, before Parker, J., from whose report of the trial the following facts appear: — . The bills in question were drawn by Robert Fields, on the 9th of January, 1809, upon Frederick Dawson, of Mile-End-Road, London, payable, in sixty, days after sight, to said William Leverett or…
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Assumpsit on two bills of exchange, of which William Levereti, the defendant’s intestate, was the first endorser. The action was tried on the general issue, at the last November term in this county, before Parker, J., from whose report of the trial the following facts appear: — . The bills in question were drawn by Robert Fields, on the 9th of January, 1809, upon Frederick Dawson, of Mile-End-Road, London, payable, in sixty, days after sight, to said William Leverett or order, and, on the 19th of January aforesaid, sold to the plaintiff in New York, through the agency of a Mr. Willard, of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The bills in this case, having failed of acceptance, were accepted and afterwards paid by a friend of the plaintiff, who had endorsed them, for his honor. This payment did not vary the duties of the holder. He was still bound to cause them to be protested for non-acceptance, and, at their maturity, to cause them to be duly protested for non-payment by the drawee. He was also obliged to give the same notice to the antecedent parties to the bills, as if they had not been taken up.
In the case at bar, there was no legal evidence of a protest for non-acceptance. The holder is not…
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