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Rey v. Simpson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1860PublishedCited by 51 opinions

This case was brought up by writ of error from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Minnesota. It was an action brought by Simpson in the District Court of the second judicial district, Ramsey county, in the Territory ' of Minnesota, upon a promissory note giyen under the following circumstances: $3,517.07J. St. Paul, June 14,1855. Six months after date, I promise to pay to the order of James W. Simpson, three thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and 07J-1Q0, value…

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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Minnesota. It was an action brought by Simpson in the District Court of the second judicial district, Ramsey county, in the Territory ' of Minnesota, upon a promissory note giyen under the following circumstances: $3,517.07J. St. Paul, June 14,1855. Six months after date, I promise to pay to the order of James W. Simpson, three thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and 07J-1Q0, value received. (Signed) Alex. Rey. Simpson was the creditor, and it was intended .to give him the security of Marshall & Co.;…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Minnesota.

According to the transcript, the suit was commenced by James W. Simpson, the present defendant, on the twenty-first day of December, 1855, in the District Court of the. Territory, for the second judicial district, against the plaintiffs in error, who were the original defendants. It was an action of assumpsit, and was brought upon a certain promissory note for the sum of three thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and seven and a half cents, bearing date at St. Paul, in that Territory, on the fourteenth day of…

2Cited by51 opinions

  1. Good v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Shepherd v. MaySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Pratt v. ConwaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
  4. Bonart v. RabitoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  5. Burton & Co. v. HansfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877

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