Searight v. Calbraith Calbraith v. Searight

4 U.S. 325

4 Dall. 325

1 L.Ed. 853

Searight

v.

Calbraith et al.

Calbraith et al.

v.

Searight.

Circuit Court, Pennsylvania District.

April Term, 1796

1

SEARIGHT agreed, in February 1792, to sell to Calbraith & Co. a bill of exchange for 150,000 livres tournois, drawn upon Bourdieu, Chollet, and Bourdieu of London, payable in Paris, six months after sight; for which Calbraith and Co. agreed to pay at the rate of 17 pence the livre, (making in the whole, 10,625l. Pennsylvania currency) in their own notes, dated the 1st of May, and payable the 1st of July 1792. The bill was, accordingly drawn and delivered…