Legal Opinion

Hepburn and Dundas's Heirs v. Dunlop & Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1816PublishedCited by 88 opinions

These causes were appeals from the chancery side of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Alexandria. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, and the controversy is'the same as in the suits between the same parties reported in 1 Cranch, 321., and 5 Cranch, 262. The causes were argued by Taylor and Swann# for'Hepburn & Dundas, and . by Jones and Leef for Dunlop & Company.

1Opinion of the CourtWashington, J.

These causes comebefore the court upon appeals from the circuit court of the district, of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria. The material facts upon which the questions now to be decided arise, are as follows:

Hepburn & Dundas being indebted to John Dun-lop .& Co., of Great Britain, on account of certain mercantile dealings which had taken place between those parties, t;he precise amount whereof was disputed, an agreement in writing was entered into on the 27th of September, 1799, between the said Hepburn' & Dundas, and Colin Auld, the attorney in fact of John Dunlop & Co.; whereby it was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hepburn & Dundas v. AuldSupreme Court of the United States · 1809

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