Court of Appeals of Maryland December 15, 1847 (Burckmyer v. Whiteford)

Magruder, J.,

delivered the opinion of this court.

This is an appeal from Baltimore County Court.

The suit was brought by the appellant upon a bill of exchange, in the following words:

Baltimore, 1st January, 1840.

Ninety days after date please pay to the order of David Whiteford, fifteen hundred dollars, which charge, as advised, to account of Your ob’t servant,

Nicholas U. Chapee.

To Messrs.