Case Name: Munroe's Executors v. R. & J. Mandeville
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1819-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 187
Docket Number: 
Parties: Munroe’s Executors v. R. & J. Mandeville.
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: 187–188

Head Matter:
Munroe’s Executors v. R. & J. Mandeville.
A demand of payment of a note on tbe third day of grace, after bank hours, and notice to the indorser and protest on the same day, are not too soon, if the note is in bank for collection, and the maker has been notified, thereof; such being the usage of the banks.
Assumpsit against the defendants as indorsers of J. F. Caldwell’s promissory note. The note was deposited in a bank in Alexandria, for collection. The maker had notice, before- the expiration of the days of grace, that it was so deposited. Payment was demanded of the maker, after bank hours on the third day of grace, and notice given to the defendants, on the same day, that the maker had not paid. The general usage to deposit notes in the bank, for collection, was known by the defendants, and that bank hours closed at 3 o’clock, P. M. The note was not made payable at any bank. It was protested on the third day of grace, after the demand and notice aforesaid.
Mr. Taylor, for the plaintiffs,
had cited Parker v. Gordon, 7 Bast, 385.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
after taking time to consider till the next term, rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, upon the case stated.