Hall v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up ón a certificate of division from the Circuit Cdurt of the United States for the District of Maryland. The .United States of America, District of Maryland, to wit:— . At a Circuit Court of the United- States for the Fourth Circuit, in mid for. the Maryland District, begun and held at. the city of Baltimore, on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty-four.
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This case came up ón a certificate of division from the Circuit Cdurt of the United States for the District of Maryland. The .United States of America, District of Maryland, to wit:— . At a Circuit Court of the United- States for the Fourth Circuit, in mid for. the Maryland District, begun and held at. the city of Baltimore, on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty-four. Presentj the' Honorable Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supféme; Court of'the. United States ; tha Honorable Upton S. Hearn,. Judge of Maryland- District; Z. Collins…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice WA’iQ.VE
Upon the trial of this cause in the Circuit Court, two points were made, upon which the judges differed in opinion ; ahd it has been certified to this court, as is provided for in the sixth section of the act of 1802, entitled £i An act to amend the judicial system of the United-States.” 2.Statutes at large, 159. From the evidence, we think, that all the persons in this transaction became privies in the same contract to secure the payment of a debt due by the defendant tó Thornton. The payment of it, therefore, by any one of them, other than the debtor, was a payment at his request, and an…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Henry A. Hall v. William SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1847