Emerson v. Slater
Supreme Court of the United States
■ This ease -was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. It was the same case which was before this court at a previous term, and is reported in 19 Howard, 224. ' The substance of that case and the new view of the present one are fully stated in the opinion of the court, to which the reader is referred.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justiee CLIFFORD
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before the court upon a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. It was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff in error against the present defendant, upon a written agreement, bearing date on the fourteenth day of November, 1854.
By the terms of the instrument, the plaintiff covenanted and agreed with the defendant, in consideration of the agreements of the latter therein contained, and of one dollar to him paid, that he, the plaintiff, would complete all the…
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