Smith v. Roach's
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from the Todd Circuit. Ret. fc -Sum.. Case :6. Case stated and judgment of the Circuit Court. An authenticated eopy.of a certificate of probate is sufficient evidence oí a rightful appointment of an Executor in another State. Notice of the dishonor of a bill of exchange is reasonable, if forwarded one day after the dishonor; each endorser has one day after notice, to forward notice to his immediate endorser.
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Appeal from the Todd Circuit. Ret. fc -Sum.. Case :6. Case stated and judgment of the Circuit Court. An authenticated eopy.of a certificate of probate is sufficient evidence oí a rightful appointment of an Executor in another State. Notice of the dishonor of a bill of exchange is reasonable, if forwarded one day after the dishonor; each endorser has one day after notice, to forward notice to his immediate endorser. It is not indispensable that a bill o£ exchange drawn payable any number of days after date, should be presented for acceptance until due, but if presented and not accepted, notice…
1Opinion of the Court
¡Chief Justice Ewing
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an action on a bill of exchange, by petition under our statute, instituted by Roach, as Cashier of the Branch Bank of Tennessee, at Clarksville, and revived in the name of his executor against Smith as endorser. The bill is for $2,500, drawn by C. M. Barker & Co., on Messrs. Robert Williams of New York, in favor of Wm. Harlan, payable four months afterdate, and endorsed by him to B. D. Smith, the appellee, and by Smith to Roach, the Cashier of the Bank aforesaid, by which the bill was purchased, and endorsed by Roach, Cashier, to…
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