Ogden v. Saunders
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the District Court of Louisiana. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the Court be- low by the defendant in error, Saunders, a citizen of Keutucky, against the plaintiff in error, Ogden, a citizen of Louisjana.
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ERROR to the District Court of Louisiana. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the Court be- low by the defendant in error, Saunders, a citizen of Keutucky, against the plaintiff in error, Ogden, a citizen of Louisjana. The plaintiff below declared upon certain bills of exchange, drawn on the 30th of September, 1806, by one Jordan, at Lexington, in the Slate of Kentucky, upon, the defendant, below, Ogden, in the city of New-York, (the defendant then being a citizen and resident of the State of New-York,) accepted by him at the city of New-York, and protested for non-payment. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The learned judges delivered their opinions as follows c
Mr. Justice Washington.
The first and most important point to be decided in this cause turns essentially upon the question, whether the obligation of a contract is impaired by a State bankrupt or insolvent law, which discharges the person and the future acquisitions of the debtor from his liability under a contract entered into in that State after the passage of the act ?
This question has never before been distinctly presented to the consideration of this Court, and decided, although it has been supposed by the judges of a highly…
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