Bank of U. S. v. Beirne
Supreme Court of Virginia
These cases were argued together in the court of appeals ; and although the facts of the cases vary slightly, the question involved in each, is the same.
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These cases were argued together in the court of appeals ; and although the facts of the cases vary slightly, the question involved in each, is the same. The first is an action on the case, brought in the superior court of law and chancery for the county of Rockingham, by the Bank of the U. S. against Andrew Beirne, as endorser on the following bill: “Philadelphia, Dec. 20, 1839. “|655,406 07. “ Without grace, § sixty days after date, pay to the order of Andrew ^ Beirne, six hundred and fifty-five thousand four hun- J dred and six dollars, seven cents, value received, and jS charge the same…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The record in this case presents for our decision, but a single question; and that lies within the narrow limits of a short letter of attorney constituting an agent with authority to sign the names of his principals, as endorsers on certain bills and notes to be thereafter drawn by a third person.
A wide range has been taken by the learned counsel on both sides, in the discussion of this question, leaving nothing unsaid which can be said on either side.
I do not deem it necessary to follow them step by step; nor to go into a minute analysis of the cases cited to enforce, or illustrate those…
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