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Rogers v. Lindsey

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 11, 1852PublishedCited by 8 opinions

This was an. appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The bill was filed by Rogers against Lindsey, Atwood, and Bennett, under the circumstances mentioned in the .opinion of the court, and which it is not necessary to repeat. ■ The 'cause was heard upon the bill, answers, exhibits,- and proofs, in the said District Court, on the 17th of April, 1850, and the court being of opinion that the plaintiff, Rogers, by his contract with…

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This was an. appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The bill was filed by Rogers against Lindsey, Atwood, and Bennett, under the circumstances mentioned in the .opinion of the court, and which it is not necessary to repeat. ■ The 'cause was heard upon the bill, answers, exhibits,- and proofs, in the said District Court, on the 17th of April, 1850, and the court being of opinion that the plaintiff, Rogers, by his contract with the defendant, Lindsey, had assigned and. transferred the judgment in the said court, in favor of Rogers & Gray against…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama.

Lewis Rogers, the appellant, and complainant below, was one of the firm "of Rogers & Gray, doing business in the city of Richmond in 1836, and. in the course'of their business purchased of Joseph G. Lindsey, one of the defendants, a large amount of bills of exchange on. the-.house of Goodman, Miller & Co., of the city of Mobile, of which about the sum of $20,000 was unpaid, and the bills protested. Subsequently, in 1837, a settlement was effected with the firm at Mobile, and payment received in…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. People ex rel. Navano v. Van NortNew York Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Walling v. RoseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. People ex rel. Cooper v. FieldNew York Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Slaughter v. QuallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941

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