Musson v. Lake
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up, on a certificate of division in opinion, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The question which was certified to this court will be found at the conclusion of the following statement.
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This case came up, on a certificate of division in opinion, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The question which was certified to this court will be found at the conclusion of the following statement. Lake was sued as indorser of the following bill of exchange: — Vicksburg, 17th December, 1836. Exchange for $6,133 s%. Twelve months after first day of February, 1837, of this first of exchange (second of the same tenor and date unpaid), pay to the order of R. H. & J. H. Crump six thousand one hundred and thirtv-three dollars, value received,…
1Opinion of the Court 1
45 U.S. 262 (1846)
4 How. 262
MICHAEL MUSSON AND GEORGE O. HALL, SURVIVING PARTNERS OF WILLIAM NOLL, PLAINTIFFS,
v.
WILLIAM A. LAKE.
Supreme Court of United States.
The cause was argued by Mr. Barton, for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Mason (Attorney-General), for the defendant.
Mr. Barton, for plaintiffs.
2Opinion of the Court · McKINLEYJustice McKINLEY
The plaintiffs brought an action of assumpsit, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, against the defendant, as indorser of a bill of exchange, drawn at Vicksburg, in said State, by Steele, Jenkins, & Co., for $6,133, payable twelve months after the first day…
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