President of the Peoples' Bank v. Keech
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George'® county. • This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by the appellants against the appellee, to recover the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, on a promissory note drawn by Hall & Anderson, to the order of the defendant, and’one R. D. Hall, dated Upper Marlboro, February 16th, 1861, for value received, payable at the People's Bank of Baltimore, four months after date, and by them jointly endorsed to the plaintiffs,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George'® county. • This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by the appellants against the appellee, to recover the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, on a promissory note drawn by Hall & Anderson, to the order of the defendant, and’one R. D. Hall, dated Upper Marlboro, February 16th, 1861, for value received, payable at the People's Bank of Baltimore, four months after date, and by them jointly endorsed to the plaintiffs, the holders thereof. 1st Exception. 'At the trial below, the plaintiffs proved the handwriting of the makers of said note,…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
The promissory note sued on this case was drawn by Hall & Anderson, payable to the order of O. S. Keech and E. D. Hall, and by them endorsed; the note afterwards, by successive endorsements, came to the possession of the appellant, who held it at its maturity, and the note being dishonored, brought this suit against the endorsers, Keech and Hall; during the progress of the cause, Hall, one of the defendants, died, and the suit was continued against the survivor, the present appellee.
The questions before us arise upon two hills of exceptions taken at the trial, and these resolve themselves…
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