Denton v. Commercial & Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ATTEAI. 3Í0M THE PARISH COURT, SOR THE PARISH AND CITY OE NEW'ORLEANS. This is an action to recover the sum of twenty thousand seven hundred dollars, in lawful money of the United States, for this amount of bank notes issued by the Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, in the state of Mississippi. The plaintiff alleges, that these notes had been presented at the bank, and payment in gold or silver demanded, which was’ refused by the bank.
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ATTEAI. 3Í0M THE PARISH COURT, SOR THE PARISH AND CITY OE NEW'ORLEANS. This is an action to recover the sum of twenty thousand seven hundred dollars, in lawful money of the United States, for this amount of bank notes issued by the Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, in the state of Mississippi. The plaintiff alleges, that these notes had been presented at the bank, and payment in gold or silver demanded, which was’ refused by the bank. He prays judgment therefor, with eight per cent, interest per annum and costs. The plaintiff attached property and effects in the hands of William M.…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
This action was commenced by attachment upon sundry notes, issued by the defendants as bank notes, and which they had refused to redeem, on presentation, in gold or silver, as they were bound to do by their charter.
Some moveable- property was attached, and William M. Beal, the agent of the defendants in New-Orleans, was cited as garnishee, and required to answer interrogatories. An attorney having been appointed by the court to represent the *488absent defendants, the case was submitted to a jury, who gave a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and eight per cent, interest,…
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