General
L. & D. Read v. Thomas Carbery
2 D.C. 4172 Cranch 417·United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia·1823
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Opinion
L. & D. Read v. Thomas Carbery.
If payment of a note be demanded and refused on tbe third day of grace, notice to the indorser, on the next day, is in due time.
Assumpsit against the indorser of B. G. Orr’s promissory note, dated December 15th, 1819, payable four months after date. Payment was demanded of the maker on the 18th of April, 1820, and the protest and notice to the defendant were on the 19th of April.
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The verdict was taken, subject to the opinion of the Court, whether the demand and notice were in sufficient time.
At December, 1824, the judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs, according to the verdict.