Bank of Tennessee v. McKeage

These suits were instituted against McKeage, as the endorser of three bills of exchange and a promissory note, with a demand for interest and damages. Two hundred and six hogsheads of tobacco, called strips, were attached as the property of the defendant, he being a non-resident. The inter-venors, who are merchants in Richmond, Virginia, claim "the property as belonging to them, and the principal questions before us arise out of this claim.

The first suit is on two bills of exchange, drawn by Galbraith, Cromwell & Co., at Clarksville, Tennessee, on Galbraith, Logan & Co., New Orleans, endorsed…