Legal Opinion

Salisbury v. Renick & Peterson

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1869PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from, St. Louis Circuit Court. relied upon Commercial Bank of Albany v. Clark, 28 Verm. 325, 329 ; Duvall v. Farmers’ Bank, 9 Gill & J. 31; Commercial Bank v. Hughes, 17 Wend. 98-9 ; Breed v. Hillhouse, 7 Conn. 523 ; Hall v. Freeman, 2 Nott & McC. 479 ; Low v. Howard, 10 Cush. 163 ; Conroy v. Warren, 3 Johns.

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Appeal from, St. Louis Circuit Court. relied upon Commercial Bank of Albany v. Clark, 28 Verm. 325, 329 ; Duvall v. Farmers’ Bank, 9 Gill & J. 31; Commercial Bank v. Hughes, 17 Wend. 98-9 ; Breed v. Hillhouse, 7 Conn. 523 ; Hall v. Freeman, 2 Nott & McC. 479 ; Low v. Howard, 10 Cush. 163 ; Conroy v. Warren, 3 Johns. Cas., per Thompson, J., 262, and Kent, J., 264 ; Story on Bills, § 291 et seq.; Byles on Bills, 150, 159 et seq.; Sice v. Cunningham, 1 Cow. 397, 406; Miller v. Ilackley, 5 Johns. 385 ; Griffin v. Goff, 12 Johns. 423 ; Pars, on Bills, 621, notes; Story on Bills, § 320 ; Mogadara…

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

It appears from the record that on the 9th day of June, 1857, Wm. Salisbury, plaintiff’s assignor, purchased from defendants, who were bankers doing business in St. Louis, a bill of exchange on New York for $3,200. The bill was payable at sight, and directed to Beebe & Co., defendants’ correspondents in the latter city. On the 24th day of August, 1857, the house of Beebe & Co. became bankrupt, and stopped payment, having in their hands a large amount of funds belonging to defendants ; and it is admitted by the facts in the case, that from the time the bill was drawn up to the time of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thornton v. WynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  2. Stinson v. DousmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  3. Linville v. WelchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
  4. Harvey v. TroupeMississippi Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State Bank v. BartleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  2. Dyas v. HansonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Poe v. Marshall (In Re Marshall)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1982
  4. Greeley v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
  5. Rector of Mount Calvary Church v. AlbersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903

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