DENNISTOUN ET AL. v. STEWART


58 U.S. 606 (1854)

17 How. 606

ALEXANDER DENNISTOUN, JOHN DENNISTOUN, WILLIAM CRAIG MYLNE, AND WILLIAM WOOD, PARTNERS, UNDER THE STYLE OF A. DENNISTOUN AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. ROGER STEWART.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Phillips, for the plaintiffs in error, no counsel appearing for the defendant.


Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs declared against the defendant, as drawer of a bill of exchange, by the name and style of James Reid and Co., of which the following is a copy: —

"No. ____. £4,417 14s. 11d. st'g. Mobile, Sept. 9, 1850.

"Sixty days after sight of this first of exchange, (second and third unpaid,) pay to the order of ourselves, in London, forty...

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