Bank of Alexandria v. Dyer
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States' for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. On the 26th of October, 1835, the plaintiff in error instituted a suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, against the defendants, for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, bv them, the plaintiffs, before that time, in Alexandria, in the Dif.trict of Columbia, lent and advanced to the…
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IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States' for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. On the 26th of October, 1835, the plaintiff in error instituted a suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, against the defendants, for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, bv them, the plaintiffs, before that time, in Alexandria, in the Dif.trict of Columbia, lent and advanced to the defendants, at their special instance and request. The defendants pleaded ‘the statute of limitations of the state of Maryland,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case arises-upon an action of assumpsit, brought-by the plaintiffs in error, against the defendants, in the -Circuit Court of the United States, for Washington county, in the District of Columbia. The declaration contains the usual money counts, to which the defendants pleaded the- statdte of limitations, . The plaintiffs replied-, that they ought not to be precluded from having their action, because at the time of making the promise, they (the plaintiffs) “ were in the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, beyond' the seasand so in the county of Alexandria, beyond the seas,…
2Cited by1 opinion
- The Bank of Alexandria, in Error v. Edward and Francis Dyer, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1840