Linton v. Stanton

The judgment of the court was pronouced by

Slidell, J.

This suit is brought upon two promissory notes of the defendant’s, due in 1841 and 1842. The prominent' ground of defence is, a discharge in bankruptcy' under the act of Congress.

I-n support of this plea, the defendant offered' in evidence a transcript certified by the clerk' of the district court of the United' States for the southern district of Mississippi. The certificate declares that the transcript is a full, true and complete one, “of the petition in bankruptcy of Frederic Stanton, of Adams county, filed by him in this court at the…