Case Name: Reintzel v. Morgan
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 20
Docket Number: 
Parties: REINTZEL V. MORGAN.
Judges: (Fitzhugh, J., contra,)
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: 20–20

Head Matter:
REINTZEL V. MORGAN.
The payee of a promissory note, who has passed it away, and been obliged by his in-dorsement, to take it up, may recover the money from the maker, upon a special count.
The jury found a general verdict. The defendant’s counsel, Mr. Key, moved in arrest of judgment, because, as he supposed, one of the counts was bad.
The count was special, and stated that Morgan made his note to Reintzel or order, who indorsed it to the Bank of the United States. That the note was duly protested for non-payment, and that Reintzel was, by his indorsement and consequent liability, obliged to pay it, and did pay it, &c. All this was averred in the most formal manner, with all the circumstances of time and place, &c.

Opinion:
The Court
(Fitzhugh, J., contra,)
overruled the motion, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, 7 Cranch, 273.