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Everett v. United States

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1837PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Mobile' county,on a note of the following tenor, to wit: “ $5,162 50. — Ninety days after date, we,- George' Fisher as principal, and Robert G. Haden and John F. Everett, as securities, do jointly and severally pro-1 mise to pay, to the President, Directors and Company of the Tombeckbee Bank, the sum of five thou-’ sand one hundred and sixty-two negotiable and payable at the said for value received. — As witness,\ur hands, this 10th day pf…

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Assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Mobile' county,on a note of the following tenor, to wit: “ $5,162 50. — Ninety days after date, we,- George' Fisher as principal, and Robert G. Haden and John F. Everett, as securities, do jointly and severally pro-1 mise to pay, to the President, Directors and Company of the Tombeckbee Bank, the sum of five thou-’ sand one hundred and sixty-two negotiable and payable at the said for value received. — As witness,\ur hands, this 10th day pf March, 1820. [Signed,] "Geo. Fisher. "SfclStBltífoia no. F. Fh Which note had been assigned to the United States. The…

1Opinion of the CourtCollien, C. J.

The defendant in error brought assumpsit on a promissory note, dated the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, against the plaintiffs — by which George Fisher, as principal, and the plaintiffs, as his sureties, promised to pay to the President, Directors and Company of the Tombeck-bee Bank, the sum of five thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, ninety days after date.

There were two bills of exception taken "on the trial. The first states it to have been proved that the note was indorsed, by J ohn B. Hazard, the cashier of the hank, to the defendant. To this…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fleckner v. President of the Bank of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. The BANK OF COLUMBIA v. PATTERSON’S Adm’rSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  3. Mechanics' Bank v. Bank of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1820

3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Lamb v. CecilWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Smith v. LawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias v. State BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  5. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Louisiana National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892

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