Commercial Bank of Manchester v. Buckner
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe eastern district of Louisiana. It was a bill filed -by tbe bank upon tbe equity side of tbe Circuit Court, against Buckner, under tbe circumstances fully detailed in tbe opinion of tbe court. Mr. Day filed an elaborate printed argument, consisting of more than one hundred pages.
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This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe eastern district of Louisiana. It was a bill filed -by tbe bank upon tbe equity side of tbe Circuit Court, against Buckner, under tbe circumstances fully detailed in tbe opinion of tbe court. Mr. Day filed an elaborate printed argument, consisting of more than one hundred pages. Of tbe several points of tbe case included in this argument, it is necessary to omit tbe discussion of tbe following propositions, viz: 1. Are the charges of fraud sufficient to invalidate tbe discharge in bankruptcy? 2. Tbe equity side of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
The decision which we are about to give would not be satisfactory, unless it'shall be preceded by a statement of the facts of the case as they are disclosed by the pleadings. We shall adopt that which was given-by the counsel who argued the cause, with but little alteration or addition.
The appellants allege, in their bill, that during the years 1841 and 1842, the defendant, Henry S. Buckner, together with M. B. Hamer, who died in April, 1842, and Frederick Stanton, were partners in trade, doing commercial business in New Orleans, under the firm of Buckner, Stanton, & Co., Buckner being the…
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