Stacy v. Thrasher Ex Rel. Sellers
Supreme Court of the United States
• This case was brought up, by .writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The history of the case is this.
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• This case was brought up, by .writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The history of the case is this. In April, 1836, Charles S. Lee,- a resident of the county of Claiborne and State of Mississippi, was sued in the county court of Claiborne, by Christopher Dart and William Gardner, who called themselves late merchants and copartners trading under the style and firm of Dart & Co., and stated the suit to be for the use of Christopher Dart. It is not necessary to state the cause of action, or trace the progress of the suit minutely.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
John B. Thrasher, the plaintiff below, commenced this action by a petition'(according to the practice of the courts of Louisiana) in the nature of an action of debt upon a judgment. He claimed as assignee of a judgment obtained in the Circuit Court of Claiborne county, in the State of Mississippi, by Dart & Gardner against Ann Lee, administratrix of C.- S. Lee, deceased. David S. Stacy, the defendant below, is the'administrator of Lee in the State of Louisiana, where he had his dom icile at the time of his death. In his pleas he has set forth six " several grounds of exception against the…
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