Pecquet v. Mager

delivered the opinion of the court.

These are suits on bills of exchange drawn on Paris, and protested for non-acceptance and non-payment. Amidst , „ . „ the mass of questions raised in the defence of this case, there ís not one which has not been settled by the well known law of bills of exchange,- and the decisions of this court. , ° There was no necessity for any demand or protest for the non-payment of the bills. The non-acceptance by the drawees, and protest and notice to the drawer, fixed his *76responsibility. These being returned with a legal protest, entitled the holder to damages under the statute.

The judge in his charge to the jury, laid down the law correctly, as to the effect of a subsequent promise to pay; and we find no error in the verdict and judgment rendered in the court below.

• It is, therefore, affirmed with costs in both courts.