Case Name: William W. and Thomas Corcoran v. Thomas Hodges
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 452
Docket Number: 
Parties: William W. and Thomas Corcoran v. Thomas Hodges.
Judges: 
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: 452–452

Head Matter:
William W. and Thomas Corcoran v. Thomas Hodges.
If a promissory note be indorsed by the defendant without an intention of giving credit to the note, and without having received any value for it, and only to comply with the form required by the plaintiff in the course of his business as an auctioneer, and if it was so understood at the time by the plaintiff, who declared he so considered it, the plaintiff cannot recover.

Opinion:
So decided
by the Court.
Verdict for defendant.
Motion for new trial on the ground of misdirection of the jury by the Court, overruled. The Court said that between immediate parties parol evidence is admissible to show that there was no consideration, and that the defendant did not indorse the note to give it credit; and that this was in effect the substance of the instruction given.
Jndgment for defendant. The note was for $418.55.