Gage v. Dubuque & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. This was an. action against the Dubuque & Pacific R. R. Company, as the drawers, and Mason, Bishop & Co. as the indorsers of certain bills of acceptance, payable at the office of said company in the City of New York.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. This was an. action against the Dubuque & Pacific R. R. Company, as the drawers, and Mason, Bishop & Co. as the indorsers of certain bills of acceptance, payable at the office of said company in the City of New York. Objections were made by the appellants, Mason, Bishop & Co., to the admissibility in evidence, of the notary’s certificate, and to the sufficiency of the authentication of the commissioner before whom an affidavit, in proof of notice to the indorsers, was made. These objections were overruled by the court, and judgment being rendered against…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The first point presented by the appellants is that the Court erred in admitting the certificate of the notary public who presented the acceptances for payment, 'in evidence, and in holding that such certificate was sufficient *312in itself to show such a presentation as would charge the appellants as indorsers.
The acceptances were made payable at the office of said Railroad Company at No. 21, Nassau Street, New York. The certificate of the notary recites that he “did present the original drafts, to his certificate annexed, to a person in an adjoining office to that of the Dubuque & Pacific…
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- In re PhillipsDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1876