2 D.C. 452
Decided April 15, 1824
<p>If a promissory note be indorsed by the defendant without an intention of giving credit to the note, and without having received any value for it, and only to comply with the form required by the plaintiff in the course of his business as an auctioneer, and if it was so understood at the time by the plaintiff, who declared he so considered it, the plaintiff cannot recover.</p>
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Decided 1824-04-15
Cited by 3 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1901
1 state decisions
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¶1So decided
¶2Verdict for defendant.
¶3Motion for new trial on the ground of misdirection of the jury by the Court, overruled. The Court said that between immediate parties parol evidence is admissible to show that there was no consideration, and that the defendant did not indorse the note to give it credit; and that this was in effect the substance of the instruction given.
¶4Jndgment for defendant. The note was for $418.55.