Small v. Strong
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court. Strong, as assignee of Salathiel Knight and James Bell, late merchants, trading under the firm of Knight and Bell, commenced an action of debt, on a writing obligatory, made by Small, bearing date the 7th day of October, A. D., 1837, for the sum of $603 97 cents, payable to the said Knight and Bell on or before the 1st day of January, A. D., 1838, which he avers was regularly endorsed, signed, and made over, and delivered to him, by the…
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Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court. Strong, as assignee of Salathiel Knight and James Bell, late merchants, trading under the firm of Knight and Bell, commenced an action of debt, on a writing obligatory, made by Small, bearing date the 7th day of October, A. D., 1837, for the sum of $603 97 cents, payable to the said Knight and Bell on or before the 1st day of January, A. D., 1838, which he avers was regularly endorsed, signed, and made over, and delivered to him, by the said Knight and Bell, on the 15th day of October, A. D., 1837, and before the payment of the sum of money therein…
1Opinion of the CourtRingo, Chief Justice
The judgment of the Circuit Couit, pronounced upon the demurrer to the plea, is the only question raised by the assignment of errors, or presented by the record. To support his plea, the appellant relies mainly upon the statute on the subject of assignments; Territorial Dig. 74, which enacts that “ all bonds, bills, and promissory notes, for money or property, shall be assignable, and the assignor may sue for them in the same manner as the original holder thereof could do; and it shall and may be lawful for the person to whom the said bonds, bills, or notes, are assigned, made over, and…
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- Stewart v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
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