Bank of the United States v. Waggener and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of tlie United States for the Kea-tucky district. The plaintiffs in error instituted an action against the defendants, and one William Owens, on a promissory note for 5000. dollars, dated the 7th of February 1822, and payable at the office'of the Bank of the United States at Lexington, Kentucky, on the 7th of February 1825, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum.
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IN error to the circuit court of tlie United States for the Kea-tucky district. The plaintiffs in error instituted an action against the defendants, and one William Owens, on a promissory note for 5000. dollars, dated the 7th of February 1822, and payable at the office'of the Bank of the United States at Lexington, Kentucky, on the 7th of February 1825, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum. The defendants were joint and several proinissors with William Owens. Upon a plea and demúrrer in the suit, a division of opinion was certified by the judges of the circuit court to this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ, of error to -the circuit court of the district of Kentucky^, to revise a judgment of that court, in a case where (he plaintiffs in error were original plaintiffs in the suit.
The suit was an action, of debt brought upon a promissory note, dated the 7th of February 1822, whereby the defendants, ou or before the 7th of February 1826, jointly and severally promised to pay the President, &c. of the, Bank of the United States, at their office of discount and deposit, at Lexington, 5000 dollars with interest thereon, after the rate of six per cent per annum, until paid, for value…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- President of the Bank of the United States v. OwensSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Fleckner v. President of the Bank of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
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