Simpson & Co. v. Dall
Supreme Court of the United States
Dunham & Keareoot, of Baltimore, were indebted on two lotes, amounting to about $8000, to Dali, Gibbons & Co. of ;he same place, but were insolvent and did not pay. In this iondition of things, Dali, Gibbons & Co. hearing that a house n Rogersville, Tennessee (Simpson, Duff & Co.), which was lolvent, owed money to the insolvent debtors just named, at Baltimore, set themselves at work to get payment, by attaehnent, from it.
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Dunham & Keareoot, of Baltimore, were indebted on two lotes, amounting to about $8000, to Dali, Gibbons & Co. of ;he same place, but were insolvent and did not pay. In this iondition of things, Dali, Gibbons & Co. hearing that a house n Rogersville, Tennessee (Simpson, Duff & Co.), which was lolvent, owed money to the insolvent debtors just named, at Baltimore, set themselves at work to get payment, by attaehnent, from it. Addressing his letter to Rogersville, Teniessee, Mr. Cocke, their attorney in Baltimore, accordingly vrote — first on the 16th of March, 1858, and then on the ,7th — to a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
It is contended by the defendants in error that the rulings of the Circuit Court, which are alleged to be erroneous, were not saved during the progress of the trial, and cannot, therefore, be investigated here. If this was so, it would be fatal; but we do not thus interpret the record. It is well settled that bills of exception are restricted to matter which occurred during the progress of the trial.; but it is not necessary, neither is it the practice, to reduce to form every exception as it is taken, and before the trial is at an end. It will do for the judge to note them as they occur, and…
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