Hitchcock v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District' of Illinois. This was an action of assumpsit by Hitchcock as indorsee, against Buchanan and Waugh as drawers, of the following bill of exchange: — ' • . • “ Office op Belleville Nail Mill Co., Belleville, Ills., “$5,477.13. Dec. 15th, 1875..- “Four months after date, pay to the order of John Stevens, Jr., cashier, fifty-four hundred and .seventy-seven dollars,. value received, and charge same to…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District' of Illinois. This was an action of assumpsit by Hitchcock as indorsee, against Buchanan and Waugh as drawers, of the following bill of exchange: — ' • . • “ Office op Belleville Nail Mill Co., Belleville, Ills., “$5,477.13. Dec. 15th, 1875..- “Four months after date, pay to the order of John Stevens, Jr., cashier, fifty-four hundred and .seventy-seven dollars,. value received, and charge same to account of Belleville Nail Mill Co. “ Wm. C. Buchanan, Pres,t. “James C. Waugh, Sec'y. “To J. H. Biepee, Treas., Belleville,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jústioe Gray,
after stating the case,' delivered the opinion of the court.
The bill of exchange declared on Is manifestly the draff of the Belleville Nail Mill Company, and not of the individuals by whose hands it is subscribed. It purports to be made at the office of the company, and. directs the drawee to charge the amount thereof to the account of. the company, of which the signers describe themselves as president and secretary. An instrument bearing on' its face all these signs of being the contract of the principal cannot be held to bind the agents personally. Sayre v. Nichols, 7 Cal.…
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