MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court.
The material question in this case is, whether a person who indorses a promissory note for the accommodation of the drawer, be discharged from the responsibility which the indorsement creates, by the failure of the holder to demand payment of the maker in the usual time, and to give notice to the indorser that the note is not paid.
That by the general rule of law the omission to demand payment from the maker...
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