Lennig v. Ralston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court, Philadelphia. This was an action in the name of Frederick Lennig v. A. Gr. Ralston and others, trading as A. Gr. Ralston & Co. The action was founded on a bill of exchange, dated at Philadelphia, drawn by the defendants in blank, and after being filled up in England, there negotiated. The bill, after being filled up, was as follows, the parts in italics being those inserted in the instrument after its transmission to England.
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Error to the District Court, Philadelphia. This was an action in the name of Frederick Lennig v. A. Gr. Ralston and others, trading as A. Gr. Ralston & Co. The action was founded on a bill of exchange, dated at Philadelphia, drawn by the defendants in blank, and after being filled up in England, there negotiated. The bill, after being filled up, was as follows, the parts in italics being those inserted in the instrument after its transmission to England. Philadelphia, July 3, 1850. Exchange for £786, 7s. 3d. Stg. Ninety days after sight of this first of Exchange (Second and Third of same…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Lewis, J.
This suit is brought for the benefit of the Commercial Bank of London, upon an instrument which bears upon its face every mark of a foreign bill of exchange, drawn in Philadelphia upon a house in London, and accepted by the latter. It is true that the bill was not actually negotiated in this state, so that *139it is not, Avitliin the letter of the statute of 1821, a bill “ drawn in Pennsylvania.” The drawers had a mercantile house in Philadelphia, and they placed “Philadelphia” at the head of the bill as the place at which it was to bear date,…
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