Case Name: BANK OF THE UNITED STATES v. WATTERSTON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1834-03
Citations: 2 F. Cas. 741
Docket Number: 
Parties: BANK OF THE UNITED STATES v. WATTERSTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 741–742

Head Matter:
Case No. 941.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES v. WATTERSTON.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 445.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1834.
Negotiable Instruments — Notice of Dishonor —Mistake in Date of Note.
A mistake in [the recital of] the date of the note will not invalidate the notice given to an indorser.
[See Bank of Alexandria v. Swann, 9 Pet. (34 U. S.) 33.]
At law. Assumpsit [by the Bank of the United States] against [George Watterston] an indorser. The notice left by the notary with the defendant was of a note dated in 1832, when the true note was dated in 1830. In all other respects the notice was correct.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. con.) was of opinion upon the authority of Mills v. Bank of U. S., 11 Wheat. [24 U. S.) 431, that the notice was sufficient.
Judgment for the plaintiff.