Case Name: Holy & Suckley v. William Rhodes
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1821-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: Holy & Suckley v. William Rhodes.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 245–245

Head Matter:
Holy & Suckley v. William Rhodes.
It is no defence, at law, to an action by the assignee against the maker of a promissory note, that it was given for the purchase of land which the payee had not conveyed to the defendant as he had covenanted to do upon a previous cash payment made by the defendant; although the note was assigned to the plaintiffs after it was dishonored.
Debt by the assignees of John Johnston’s promissory note for $550.
Mr. Swann, for the defendant,
offered evidence that the note was assigned to the plaintiffs after it was dishonored; that it was given to Johnston in part payment for a house and lot; and that Johnston had not made the title which he had bound himself by his covenant under seal, and under a penalty to make, on payment of $500 in cash, which were paid. The defendant had not demanded the conveyance, and Johnston was always ready and able to make it.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
upon the motion of Mr. Taylor, for the plaintiffs, instructed the jury that this was no defence. Verdict and judgment, for the plaintiffs.