President of the Bank of the United States v. Weisiger
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from,the circuit court, of Kentucky. The complainants’ bill, filed in the circuit court of, Kentucky, on the 22d of November 1822, stated that, on the 25th of July 1821, Peter G. Voorhees made his promissory note for ‡2,560, payable sixty days after date; to Daniel Wei-. sigejr; that Weisiger assigned to John H. Hanna, and Hanna to the complainants, who discounted the note.
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APPEAL from,the circuit court, of Kentucky. The complainants’ bill, filed in the circuit court of, Kentucky, on the 22d of November 1822, stated that, on the 25th of July 1821, Peter G. Voorhees made his promissory note for ‡2,560, payable sixty days after date; to Daniel Wei-. sigejr; that Weisiger assigned to John H. Hanna, and Hanna to the complainants, who discounted the note. That they duly instituted a suit against Voorhees, on the .common law side of the court, recovered judgment, and prosecuted him to insolvency.. It prayed that the defendant maybe decreed to pay the amount, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice JohnsqN
This case turns altogether upon doctrines peculiar to the states of Virginia and Kentucky. It is thb ease of a suit in equity, instituted by the indorsee, or, in the language of the country, the assignee, of a promissory note, to charge an intermediate'indorger. All the doctrine on the subject will be found fully stated in the two cases. of. Riddle' & Co. vs. Mándeville. <fc Jameison, reported among the decisions of this Court; and in the cases of Smallwood vs. Woods, and Spratt us. M’Kinney, to be found among the decisions of the court of appeals of Kentucky.
The defendant here has demurred…
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