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WEIGHTMAN v. CALDWELL

17 U.S. 53 (____)

4 Wheat. 53

WEIGHTMAN v. CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This cause was argued by Jones and Key, for the plaintiff in error,(b) and by Caldwell and Swann, for the defendant in error.(c)

*JOHNSON, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court. [*86

The suit below was instituted on a promissory note by the defendant in error. Although it is, in fact, an indorsed note, and so declared on, yet it is admitted to have originated in a negotiation between the maker and indorser, and whatever defence would be good as against the promisee, is admitted to be maintainable against this indorser, the indorser standing only on the ground of a security or ordinary...

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