Van Ness v. Forrest

12 U.S. 30

8 Cranch 30

3 L.Ed. 478

VAN NESS

v.

FORREST.

Feb. 8, 1814

Absent. WASHINGTON, J.

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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia.

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The case as stated by MARSHALL, Ch. J. in delivering the opinion of the Court was as follows:The Defendant in error, who was president of a commercial company, consisting of four or five hundred members, sold certain merchandize, the property of the company, to Jehiel Crossfield, and took his note payable in twenty days to Joseph Forrest, president of the commercial company, for the purchase money. Default having been made in payment, Joseph Forrest…