Swift v. Tyson
Supreme Court of the United States
Un a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for-the Southern District of New York. This action was instituted in the Circuit Court upon a. bill of exchange, dated at Portland, in the state of Maine, on the first day of May, 1836, for one thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty cents; payable six months aftér date, drawn by Nathaniel Norton, and Jairus S. Keith, üpon and accepted by the defendant, the bill having been drawn to the…
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Un a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for-the Southern District of New York. This action was instituted in the Circuit Court upon a. bill of exchange, dated at Portland, in the state of Maine, on the first day of May, 1836, for one thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty cents; payable six months aftér date, drawn by Nathaniel Norton, and Jairus S. Keith, üpon and accepted by the defendant, the bill having been drawn to the order of Nathaniel •Norton, and'by him endorsed to the plaintiff. The principal and interest .on the bill,up to the time…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This cause comes before us from the Circuit-Court of the, southern district.s>í New York, upon a certificate of division', of the ■ judges of that Court.
The action wasbrought- by the plaintiff, Swift, as endorsee, against the defendant, Tyson, as acceptor, upon a-bill of exchange dated at Portland, Maine, on the first day of May, 1836, for the sum of' one thousand five hundred and-forty dollars, thirty, cents, payable six months after date and grace, drawn by one: Nathaniel Norton and one - Jairas S. Keith upon and accepted by Tyson, at the city of New York,-in favour of. the order, of…
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