Legal Opinion
Bast v. Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 18, 1879No. 86PublishedCited by 41 opinions
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action on three notes made by Bast, the plaintiff in error, to the First National Bank of Ashland, defendant in error, dated March. 1, 1876, and payable four months after date, two being for $2,000 each, and the other for $3,481.79. Simultaneously with the delivery of the .notes the following assignment in writing was made : —
“ Know all men by these presents, that I, Emanuel Bast, do hereby transfer and assign to William Torrey, cashier, of Ashland, Pennsylvania, a certain judgment of June Term, 1875, in Court.of Common…
2Cited by41 opinions
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