Chapman v. Forsyth & Limerick
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up on a certificate of division from the Circuit-Court-of the United States for the district of Kentucky.
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This case came up on a certificate of division from the Circuit-Court-of the United States for the district of Kentucky. The 'record was as follows:— The following statement of questions and points of law which arose in this case, and the adjournment thereof into the Supreme Court of the United States for decision was ordered to be entered; to wit: « This was an action of assumpát for the proceeds of 150 bales of cotton, shipped to and sold by defendants, as the property of -the plaintiff, the defendant having been a factor,” &c. The defendant, Forsyth, pleaded he had been duly discharged as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This was an action of assumpsit for the proceeds of 150 bales of cotton, shipped to and sold by defendants as the property of the plaintiff, the defendants being factors. The defendant, Forsyth, pleaded that he had been. duly discharged as a bankrupt, on his own voluntary petition. A replication was filed, to which there was a demurrer.
The suit was brought in the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky; and on the argument of the demurrer the following points were made, on which the opinions of the judges were opposed; and at the request of the parties the points Were certified to this…
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