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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
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OHIO LIFE INS. & TRUST CO. VS. ROSS & WINN. 31
in the instrument, strictly speaking, a bill accepted by Hancock
and Mann could not be passed to Dawson and Norwood—that
could only be done by the payee or indorsee of the bill, and
yet I presume it would not be contended, if these bills had been
accepted by Hancock and Mann, before they were indorsed by
Dawson and Norwood, that they would not come within the
provisions of the deed. The acceptance by Hancock and
Mann, is certainly prima facie evidence, that they were indebted
to the drawer of the bills, in their amount, and such acceptance
is an engagement to pay that amount to the payees, Dawson
and Norwood, to whom they became indebted as acceptors,
which brings them within the tenor of the deeds of mortgage.
It is true, Hancock and Mann, the acceptors, did not pass these
bills to Dawson and Norwood; nor could they so pass any bills
accepted by them, as that could only be done by the payees, or
indorsees; and, therefore, if it is indispensable to bring notes,
and bills within the provisions of the deeds, that they should be
passed by Hancock and Mann to Dawson and Norwood, it is
obvious that the term "acceptance" had as well be struck out of
the deeds.
My opinion, therefore, is that this objection cannot be main-
tained.
The defendant Robert B. Hancock has been examined under
the usual order of the court, passed in such cases; but his
competency is excepted to by the defendants, Winn and Ross,
upon the ground that he is materially interested in the event of
the suit, and in maintaining the plaintiffs' claim.
This witness is of the firm of Hancock and Mann, the accep-
tors of the bills held by the plaintiffs, and the makers and ac-
ceptors of the notes and bills held by Winn and Ross, as trus-
tees of Samuel Jones; and as the question in this case is,
whether the property in controversy shall be applied to the sat-
isfaction of the one or the other of these creditors, the witness
being liable to both, would seem to be in equilibrium; except
as to the costs of this case, from which confessedly he has been
released, and if so, he would clearly be a competent witness.
Greenleaf on Evidence, sections 399, 420.

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