Covington v. Comstock
Supreme Court of the United States
IN érror to the District Court of th'e'United States'for the.Northern District of Mississippi. An action was instituted in the District Court of Mississippi, by the defendant in error, on a promissory note, dated at New. York, March 2, 1836, by which Covington and M'Morris promised to pay four thousand five.'hundred and sixty dollars and four cents, six months after date, to Nelson, Carleton, and Company, at New York.
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IN érror to the District Court of th'e'United States'for the.Northern District of Mississippi. An action was instituted in the District Court of Mississippi, by the defendant in error, on a promissory note, dated at New. York, March 2, 1836, by which Covington and M'Morris promised to pay four thousand five.'hundred and sixty dollars and four cents, six months after date, to Nelson, Carleton, and Company, at New York. The noté was endorsed .by the drawees to the defendant in error, David A. Comstock. The declaration on the note omits, to state the place where the. 'note was payable; and on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M'Lean
This case is brought before this Court from the Circuit Court of Mississippi, by a writ of e,rror.
The plaintiff in the Circuit Court brought his action on a promissory note, and stated in his'declaration, that the defendant, “heretofore, to wit, on the second day of March, 1836, at New York, to wit, in. the district aforesaid, made a certain- note in writing, com monly called a promissory note, bearing date the day and year last aforesaid, .and then and there delivered the said note to Nelson, Carleton & Co., who are citizens of the state' of.New York; by which said note, the said defendant…
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