Bartlett v Smith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date10 May 1843
Date10 May 1843
CourtExchequer

English Reports Citation: 152 E.R. 895

EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS.

Bartlett
and
Smith

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...

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