Gibson v. Chew
Supreme Court of the United States
IÑ error' to the Circuit Court of the United States for Mississippi., An action was instituted in-the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, by Beverly Chew, a.citizen of the state of Louisiana, against John A, Gibson and Kinchen A. Martin, citizens of the state of Louisiana. ' The action was-brought to recover the amount of a'promissory note drawn by John A. Gibson in favour óf, and endorsed by Kinchen A. Martin, for three thousand five hundred…
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IÑ error' to the Circuit Court of the United States for Mississippi., An action was instituted in-the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, by Beverly Chew, a.citizen of the state of Louisiana, against John A, Gibson and Kinchen A. Martin, citizens of the state of Louisiana. ' The action was-brought to recover the amount of a'promissory note drawn by John A. Gibson in favour óf, and endorsed by Kinchen A. Martin, for three thousand five hundred dollars, and endorsed over to the plaintiff. . -The declaration set out the promissory note, the drawer and endorser of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi, by the defendant in error, as the endorsee of a promissory'note, made in Mississippi, of which the plaintiff in error, Martin, was the payee, and the plaintiff, Gibson, the maker; both maker'and payee being citizens of the state of Mississippi when the note was made.
The jurisdiction of. the Court is denied,, and the plea should have been sustained in the-Court below, as the Circuit Courts of the United States, have not cognisance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note,…
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