Case Name: Whittemore v. N. Herbert
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1821-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whittemore v. N. Herbert.
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:
Whittemore v. N. Herbert.
In an action against tbe last indorser of a promissory note, it is not necessary to prove the prior indorsements.
Assumpsit against the last indorser of Francis Adams’s promissory note for $1,668. A prior indorsement of J. D. Herbert, was made “by F. Adams, attorney in fact of J. D. Herbert.”
Mr. Swann, for the defendant,
contended that the plaintiff must prove F. Adams’s authority to indorse for J. D. Herbert.

Opinion:
But
the Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
decided it not to be necessary, as every indorser is to be considered as the drawer of a new bill.
A bill of exceptions was taken, but no writ of error was prosecuted.