Riggs v. Lindsay
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Cofamilia, in an action of assumpsit, in which the verdict ami judgment were in favor of the Plaintiff, Lindsay.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Cofamilia, in an action of assumpsit, in which the verdict ami judgment were in favor of the Plaintiff, Lindsay. The case was now argued by Jones and Harper, for the Pla’intiff in error: and by F. S. Key and Morsell, the Defendant. ’ The fonher contended,. that Riggs was not to be con* sideretl as a joint contractor, but a sub-purchaser$ and that if the Defendants were jointly interested in the purchase, they were severally interested in the sales. In support of this position, they cited Watson on Partnership, 24. 1 Ve». 242. Cowp. 449. 2 H. BL…
1Opinion of the CourtLivingston, J.
This was an action brought by the Defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of the- United States for the district of Columbia, against William St-wart, Charles J1 Noursc, Aquila Beall, arid the Plaintiff in error, Elisha Riggs, as co-partners,, to recover from them the amount pf certain hills of exchange and damages which had been drawn on them by the Defendant in error to réimburse him for certain sai' which lie had purchased on their account, and which bills, being protested for non-payment, were afterwards paid, with damages, by the- Plaintiffs below. The Defendant, Beall, was not found —…
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