New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This is an appeal in equity. The appellants are the complainants in the bill. The facts material to the determination, of the case lie within a narrow compass, and may be briefly stated. There is no controversy about them.
On the 22d of May, 1866', the appellee, A. B. Montgomery, was indebted to the firm of Estlin & Co., of New Orleans, in the sum of 1158,777.55. He made his sixty promissory notes of that date, amounting in the aggregate to the sum named, all drawn to his own order, and payable, respectively, one, two, three, four, and five years from date, with interest until paid. The maker…
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