¶1The question intended to be submitted to the court cannot arise on this declaration. It is simply an action on the case to recover the amount of an accepted bill of exchange, and the judgment can only be for that amount with interest; that being the sum demanded.
14 F. Cas. 545
King v. Phillips
U.S. District Court
Decided October 15, 1816
U.S. District Court · decided 1816-10-15
Judgment was confessed, subject to the opinion of the court, whether the defendant, the acceptor of a bill of exchange, is liable to the plaintiffs [King and Jones], the payees and indorsers of the bill, for the damages and costs of suit which were recovered against them by the indorsee?
Decided 1816-10-15