Very v. Watkins
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
On the 8d March, 1841, at Little Rock, Arkansas, one James Levy gave his obligation with a mortgage for $4,000, with interest, due six years after date, to one Darwin Lindsley, who soon after assigned the obligation to Martin Very, the plaintiff in error. In March, 1848, Levy paid to Very $2,000, and at the same time executed a promise, in writing, to pay the residue of the debt in jewelry and other wares, which V ery agreed to • receive in payment, to be selected within a year from that time, from Levy’s stock of goods. Very refused to perform the agreement, and in 1848 brought an action on…
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