Case No. 11,604.

READ et al. v. CARBERY.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 417.]²

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Oct. Term, 1823.

NOTES—INDORSER—DISHONOR—NOTICE—WHEN TO BE GIVEN.

If payment of a note be demanded and refused on the third day of grace, notice to the indorser on the next day is in due time.

Assumpsit [by L. & D. Read] against [Thomas Carbery] 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. 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.

² [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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