Withers v. Greene
Supreme Court of the United States
This cause was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. It was an action of debt brought in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, by May, assignee,?,pn a single bill, under seal, for the payment of three thousancFdollars, executed by R. W. Withers to A. B. Newsom, a citizen of Tennessee, and by him assigned to the plaintiff.
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This cause was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. It was an action of debt brought in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, by May, assignee,?,pn a single bill, under seal, for the payment of three thousancFdollars, executed by R. W. Withers to A. B. Newsom, a citizen of Tennessee, and by him assigned to the plaintiff. Pending the suit May died, and Greene qualifiéd and revived in his name as administrator. After some pleas which were withdrawn, the defendant filed the following:…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This cause, from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, is brought here undér the act of Congress of 8th August, 1846, ch. 104..
The- plaintiff in error* was sued in the court below, upon a single bill for the sum of j§ 3,000, executed by him on the 16th of February, 1839, payable on the 1st of January ensuing, to A. B. Newsom or order, and which was assigned by Newsom to May, the testator of the defendant'.
What were the grounds of defence first assumed by the defendant does not appear, and' it is immaterial now to inquire. The pleas first filed were by…
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