Adams v. Otterback
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit ' Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington; It was an action of assumpsit brought by Adams, the plaintiff in error, upon a promissory note drawn by Haw, Yellott & Company, in -favor of Philip Otterback, the defendant in error, and discounted by the Bank of' Washington. The proceeds of the discounted note were paid by the. bank upon the check of Otterback.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit ' Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington; It was an action of assumpsit brought by Adams, the plaintiff in error, upon a promissory note drawn by Haw, Yellott & Company, in -favor of Philip Otterback, the defendant in error, and discounted by the Bank of' Washington. The proceeds of the discounted note were paid by the. bank upon the check of Otterback. After the note had been protested for non-payment) and notice of protest had been given to the indorser, it was assigned to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
This action was brought on a promissory note dated the 11th March, 1848; given by George W. Yellett, Henry Haw, and William B. Scott, in the name of Haw, Yellett & Co., in which they promised to pay to Philip Otterback, Esquire, or order, sixty days after date, the sum of eight hundred dollars, for value received ; which note, before it became due, was assigned to the plaintiff.
The general issue was pleaded, and the cause was tried by a jury.
The note was. discounted by the Bank of Washington, the…
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