1 Ala. 312 | Ala. | 1840
The contract of the endorsee as implied by the law, is tha-t he will sue ¿he maker to the first term of the court, after the maturity of the note, to which the writ can be made returnable, — not to the court, which, according to the arrangement existing at the time of the endorsement, but to the court according to the organization when the note matures, to which process can first be returned.
The acts of 1828 and ’9 are imperative and leave no discretion to the court. They imposed upon the plaintiff the necessity of suing, the maker to the first court, if he would charge the endorsers. The act of 1836, required the county court to be holden for Talladega, on the third Monday in January, 1837. To that court process should have been sued out against the maker of the note, and not being dispensed with by the defendant, the plaintiff cannot recover.
The judgment of the circuit court is, therefore, affirmed.