Hartford Bank v. Stedman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
, THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought against the defendants, as the indorsers of a promissory note, made by Will-{am Belcher, dated May 22, 1819, and payable at the Middle-iown bank, four months after date. The cause was tried at Hartford, February term, 1821, be-n , T tore Peters, J. The note in question had been discounted at the Hartford bank, and sent to the Middletown bank for collection.
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, THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought against the defendants, as the indorsers of a promissory note, made by Will-{am Belcher, dated May 22, 1819, and payable at the Middle-iown bank, four months after date. The cause was tried at Hartford, February term, 1821, be-n , T tore Peters, J. The note in question had been discounted at the Hartford bank, and sent to the Middletown bank for collection. It became payable on Saturday, the 25th day of September, 1819. After four o’clock in the afternoon of that day, it was duly presented for payment, at the Middletown bank ; and payment was refused…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmkr, Ch. J.
The charge to the jury, in this case, was not conformable to law. It comprised these two propositions; that the notary should have made enquiry at Middletown, for the place of the defendants’ residence, the omission to do which, was a fatal neglect ;'and, that the holders were obliged to give immediate notice of non-payment to the defendants, and to deposit it in the post-office in season to go by the next mail. To these positions, I cannot accede.
A neglect,to make enquiry, when the residence of the person is unknown, accompanied with the entire omission to give notice, or the…
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