Graham v. Machado
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from order of Special Term overruling demurrer to complaint. The nature of the action, the terms of the complaint, and the questions of law raised by the demurrer, are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Woodruff, J.
The complaint, so far as it is material to state its contents, shows title in the plaintiffs as indorsees of a certain bill of exchange drawn by the defendants at the city of Hew York, on the 17th day of May, 1856, directed to John E. Martin at Lisbon, Portugal, payable sixty days after sight thereof, and then avers, “ that the said bill of exchange was duly accepted by the said John E. Martin, and became payable by virtue of such acceptance at Lisbon aforesaid, on the 18th day of August now last past. That on the said 13th day of August last, the same bill of exchange was duly presented for…
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