Legal Opinion
Union Bank v. Hyde
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 16, 1821PublishedCited by 35 opinions
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. .
1Opinion of the Court
Mr, Justice Johnson
delivered the opinion of the Court;
This cause turns upon the construction of a writ ten instrument, in these words: “ I do request that hereafter any notes that may fall due in the Union Bank, on which I am, or may be endorser, shall not be protested, as I will consider myself bound, in the same manner, as if the said notes had been, or should be legally protested.
(Signed) Thomas Hyde.”
Two. constructions have been contended for: the one, literal,.formal, vernacular; the Other,resting.on the spirit and meaning, as a mercantile and bank transaction.
The former has been…
2Cited by35 opinions
- Farwell v. St. Paul Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Freeman v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
- Lane v. StewardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1841
- Carter v. BurleySuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1838
- Franklin v. VanderpoolThe Superior Court of New York City · 1828
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