Carnochan v. Christie

Camochan &- Mitchel, the plaintiffs, were Merchants in Georgia, who had extensive commercial transactions with the defendant, William Christie, a merchant of Liverpool, in the course of which the former became indebted to the latter to a large amount. In 1819, John Camochan, one of the firm of C. & M., visited Englánd, in the expectation of selling immense tracts of land he had purchased in Florida, and, during his residence in that country, his partner, Peter Mitchel, relying, probably, on the sale of lands, continued to draw, heavily on the defendant, W. C., without making correspondent…