Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Date: 1807-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 Cranch 424 · 1 D.C. 424
Opinion
The CouRT decided, (doubtfully,) that the plaintiff must prove the maker of the note insolvent at the time of bringing the action ; that the plaintiff must prove reasonable notice to the indorser, of the non-payment by the maker; and that the jury were to decide whether the notice was reasonable. The Court refused to permit the defendant to read in evidence (to prove the solvency of W. Wilson,) a deed of land in Washington county, Maryland, certified by T. Williams, (who calls himself clerk of Prince William county, in Virginia,) to have been proved in the latter county, but not recorded in Washington county in Maryland, according to the laws of Maryland.