Case Name: Oneale v. Beall
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1825-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 569
Docket Number: 
Parties: Oneale v. Beall.
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: 569–570

Head Matter:
Oneale v. Beall.
In an action by the payee of a promissory note, the plaintiff has a right, at the trial, before offering the note in evidence, to strike out the names of the indorsers.
Assumpsit, by the payee against the maker of a promissory note.
The note, when produced, had the name of the plaintiff and T. Cookendaffer indorsed in blank. The plaintiff, after the jury was sworn, struck out those names, before he offered the note in evidence.
Mr. Frost, for the defendant,
objected that the indorsements were evidence that the note had been negotiated and passed away, and that the plaintiff must show that he had taken it up and had paid it, and that his right of action was redintegrated; and cited Welsh v. Lindo, 7 Cranch, 159.
Mr. Ashton, contra,
2 Phil. Ev. 11, note c, and the cases there cited, viz. Dugan et al. v. United States, 3 Wheat. 172; Clark v. Pigot, Salk. 126, pi. 4. •*
Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court as to this objection.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) after consideration, was of opinion that the plaintiff had a right to strike out the names of the indorsers, and overruled the objection.
Judgment for the plaintiff.