Case Name: LENOX et al. v. WRIGHT
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 15 F. Cas. 324
Docket Number: 
Parties: LENOX et al. v. WRIGHT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 15
Pages: 324–324

Head Matter:
Case No. 8,249.
LENOX et al. v. WRIGHT.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 45.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1812.
Bills and Notes —Notice to Indorsee — Time Allowed — Delivery to Post Office.
Upon a note due 23d and 26th July, demand and notice after the 28th are too late; but demand and notice on the 27th is not.
[See Bank of Alexandria v. Wilson. Case No. 856; Bank of the Metropolis v. Walker, Id. 903.]
Assumpsit against the indorser of a promissory note due 23d and 26th July, 1809. The defendant lived in Georgetown, D. C., about three miles from the plaintiffs.

Opinion:
THE COURT
instructed the jury that notice given to the defendant, or left at the post-office, after the 28th-was too late, but refused to instruct the jury that demand and notice on the 27th was too late. The notice was not, in fact, put into the post-office in Washington until the 30th of July. Verdict for the defendant