Riggs v. Tayloe

22 U.S. 483 (1824)

9 Wheat. 483

RIGGS

v.

TAYLOE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 26, 1824.

March 16, 1824.

This cause was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Hay,[a] for the defendant.

This was an action on the case brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, upon a contract in writing, entered into between the plaintiff and defendant, for the sale of bank stock of the Central Bank of Georgetown. At the time that this contract was entered into, each party had a counterpart of the contract, and the plaintiff alleging the loss of…