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Hanover National Bank v. Moyses

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 2, 1902No. 203PublishedCited by 375 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This was an action brought by the Hanover National Bank of New York against Max Moyses in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee, November 20, 1899, on a judgment recovered against him in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, December 12, 1892. The. amended declaration averred the execution of "a certain promissory note by defendant…

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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This was an action brought by the Hanover National Bank of New York against Max Moyses in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee, November 20, 1899, on a judgment recovered against him in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, December 12, 1892. The. amended declaration averred the execution of "a certain promissory note by defendant payable to the bank of Greenville, Mississippi; the endorsement thereof to plaintiff in New York;default in payment, suit in…

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