Allen v. Union Bank of Louisiana
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia to remove the record of an action on the case brought by The Union Bank of Louisiana against Solomon Allen, Moses Allen and William Clark, junior, trading as Allen, Clark & Co. The action was commenced by summons which was seiwed on Solomon Allen; and the sheriff returned nihil hahet as to each of the other defendants.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia to remove the record of an action on the case brought by The Union Bank of Louisiana against Solomon Allen, Moses Allen and William Clark, junior, trading as Allen, Clark & Co. The action was commenced by summons which was seiwed on Solomon Allen; and the sheriff returned nihil hahet as to each of the other defendants. The plaintiffs filed a copy of the instrument upon which the action was brought, and which was as follows: “Exchange for $13,000. New Orleans, 2d March, 1837. Sixty days after sight…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
None of the errors assigned are sufficient to reverse-the judgment rendered for the plaintiff in the Court below.
First error. Not only was the former suit on which judgment was rendered against Solomon Allen, the defendant, brought against him as one of the acceptors of the bill, whereas the present suit is against him as one of the drawers, but the former suit was against a different firm from that which,is sued in the present instance. The drawers of the bill who are now,sued, are Solomon Allen, Moses Allen and William Clark, junior; the…
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