Lambert v. Ghiselin
Supreme Court of the United States
This, case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof.
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This, case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was a suit brought by Lambert and McKenzie, carrying on business as partners in Alexandria, Virginia; against William Ghiselin, the indorser of the following bill of exchange. [Stamp 75 cents.] April 21, 1846. Ninety days after date pay to the order of William Ghiselin fifteen hundred dollars -¶2^, value received, and charge the same to account of your obedient servant, Robert Ghiselin. To John R. Magruder & Son, Baltimore.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The facts upon which'the question certified has arisen are not, disputed. The sufficiency of the notice is therefore a question of law. And it is of the first importance to the commercial community, that the rules which regulate the rights and liabilities of parties to negotiable instruments in courts of justice should be plain and certain, and conform to the established usages of trade.
„ Two objections have been taken to the sufficiency of the notice in this case. 1st. That due diligence was not used by the holder to áscertain the residence of the indorser before the notice was sent to…
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- Whitridge v. RiderCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1865
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