President of the Farmers' Bank v. Groves
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, sitting as a court of equity. The facts in the case are set forth in the opinion of the court, to which the reader is referred.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This case comes up on an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana.
The case is somewhat complicated and confused, and it will be. necessary to state the material facts to be found in it in order to present clearly the legal questions involved, and .upon which the decision must depend.
On the 13th March, 1837, Thompson L. King drew two drafts, amounting, in the aggregate, to fifteen thousand four, hundred and ninety-seven dollars, in favor John E. Hunter, upon Moses Groves, who duly accepted the same. The liability of Groves upon these drafts…
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