Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Stevens
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided May 15, 1845PublishedCited by 2 opinions
[This was an action of replevin by Edmund J. H. Gibson against Bradford B. Stevens.]
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF
THE COURT.
This cause is submitted to the court, on facts agreed, substantially as follows: M'Queen and M'Kay, of Detroit, Michigan, about the 20th of March, 1844, by false pretences fraudulently procured the bank at Indianapolis, to loan to them the sum of about $11,000 in notes of the bank, payable to bearer. With part of this money M'Queen and M'Kay purchased of Hanna, Hamilton & Co. 350 barrels of mess pork, for the sum of $2,908.50, and received from them the following memorandum: “Fort Wayne, April 4th, 1844. Messrs. M'Queen & M'Kay, bought of Hanna, Hamilton & Co. 350 bbls.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ingraham v. GeyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Hanna v. MillsNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- Willson v. ForeeNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Bank v. GoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
- Corlies v. GardnerThe Superior Court of New York City · 1829
3Cited by2 opinions
- National Bank of Commerce v. Equitable Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Adams v. FoleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1856