Bartlett v Smith
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 10 May 1843 |
| Date | 10 May 1843 |
| Court | Exchequer |
English Reports Citation: 152 E.R. 895
EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS.
S. C. 12 L. J. Ex. 287; 7 Jur. 448. Referred to, Harris v. Great Western Railway Company, 1876, 1 Q. B. D. 533.
BAR-fLETT v. smith. Exch. of Pleas. May 10, 1843.-Where the admissibility of a bill of exbhange, purporting to be a foreign bill, and stamped accordingly, waa objected to on the ground that, though it purported to be drawn abroad, it waa in fact an inland bill, drawn in London, and evidence was offerer! to prove that fact:-Held, that the Judge ought to have received the evidence in that stage of the cause, and decided upon the admissibility of the instrument, and not to have received the evidence afterwards, as part of the defendant's case, and submitted it to the jury. [S. C. 12 L. J. Ex. 287 ; 7 Jur. 448. Keferred to, Harris v. Great Western Railway Ctmpany, 1876, 1 Q. B. D. 533.] Assumpsit by the indorsee against the drawer of a bill of exchange. The declaration .stated, that the defendants, on &c., made their certain bill of exchange in writing, and directed the same to Mr. John E. Butcher, Dublin, and thereby required the said J. E_ Butcher to pay to the order of the defendants, in London, the sum of 17. It then alleged the indorsement of the hill to the plaintiffs. [484] The defendant, by his pleas, denied the drawing and indorsement. At the trial before the undersheriff of Middlesex, the bill, when produced, appeared to be drawn in Dublin, payable in London, and was stamped as a foreign bill. On 896 BARTLETT V. SMITH 11 M. & W. 485. the plaintiff's counsel proposing to read it in evidence, the defendant's counsel objected, on the ground that, although the hill purported to be drawn in Dublin, it was in fact drawn in London, and being therefore an inland bill, required a higher stamp ; and proposed to give evidence of that fact. The undersheriff however said, that as the bill was not objectionable on the face of it, he should allow the case to proceed; on which the defendant's counsel addressed the jury, and afterwards adduced evidence to shew that at the time the bill bore date, the drawer was in London : whereupon the undersheriff left it to the jury to say whether the bill was drawn in London or Dublin, but reserved leave to the defendants to move to enter a nonsuit, if this Court should think he ought to have received the evidence in the first instance, and to have decided upon it. The jury having found a verdict for the plaintiff, E. V. Richards, on a...
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