3 F. Cas. 1154
U.S. District Court
Decided March 15, 1837
U.S. District Court · decided 1837-03-15
At law. Assumpsit by [W. A. Bradley] an indorsee against a remote indorser of a promissory note, made by Reddick McKee, agent of the Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company, dated at Wheeling, March 22, 1834, at 60 days, for $4,000, payable to the order of Richard Simmes at the North-West Bank of Virginia, without defalcation, for value received, and signed “R. McKee, agent Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company;” indorsed by Richard Simmes, Knox & McKee, M. Nelson, and W. B.…
Decided 1837-03-15
¶1Which instruction
¶2gave; it appearing that there were several intermediate indorsers between the plaintiff and the defendant. See 5 Rand. 40, 45; Id. 335; and 4 Leigh, 116. And see, also, the charter of that bank in 1817, by which notes “made negotiable” at that bank are put upon the footing of bills of exchange.
¶3Verdict for the defendant.
¶4The plaintiff took a bill of exceptions, but has not prosecuted a writ of error.