Smead v. Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, & Cleveland Railroad

Suit by Smead & Co., assignees of the Greenville and Miami Railroad Company, against the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad Company, upon five bills of exchange for 2,000 dollars each, of the following tenor:

“ $2,000. Cincinnati, December 22,1854. Nine months after date, pay to the order of the Greenville and Miami Railroad Co., two thousand dollars, value received. E. B. Taylor, President, G. and M. Railroad Co. To Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad Co., Indianapolis.”

Across the face of the bill was written—

“ Accepted, payable at the Ohio Life Ins. and Trust Co., Cincinnati. John…