Dwyer v. Dunbar

72 U.S. 318

18 L.Ed. 489

5 Wall. 318

DWYER

v.

DUNBAR.

December Term, 1866

ERROR to the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the case being thus:

William Dunbar, assignee of George C. Dunbar, brought suit against T. A. Dwyer, on certain notes given by the said Dwyer. Dwyer, who had other creditors, and had become embarrassed, set up as a defence, that after the maturity of the notes, one Smyth, by W. Dunbar's authority and acting for him, had made and carried into effect a general settlement of his, Dwyer's, indebtedness to his other creditors, and to Dunbar, and had signed and given to…