Duncan v. Sparrow

The plaintiff and appellant has prayed for a rehearing on the grounds: First, That the statute of 1827 does not apply, because the notes sued on were not made payable in this State, but in the State of Mississippi, and there is no proof that they were executed in the State of Louisiana. Secondly, That the lex mercatoria prevailing in all the States of the Union, ought to govern the present case ; and if so, that this court cannot hesitate to decide that, under the peculiar circumstances which it presents, the party was dispensed from the necessity of personal service, and that the defendant…