Cook v. MOFFAT
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. Cook was a citizen of Maryland, and Moffat and Curtis were citizens of New York. It was an action brought, in July, 1835, by Moffitt .and Curtis against Cook, upon the common money counts.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. Cook was a citizen of Maryland, and Moffat and Curtis were citizens of New York. It was an action brought, in July, 1835, by Moffitt .and Curtis against Cook, upon the common money counts. Cook confessed judgment, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case stated, namely : — In Circuit Court of the United States, Fourth Circuit, District of ■ Maryland. John L. Moffat and Joseph Curtis, surviving partners of Jonathan Wilmarth, v. William G. Cook. Statement of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
This case comgs before us by a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Maryland District.
Moffat & Curtis, merchants in New York, sold goods to Cook, who resided in Baltimore.- On a settlement of their accounts, Cook transmitted his notes to his attorney in New York, who delivered them to the defendants in error. After the notes fell due, Cook applied for and obtained the benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland. By these laws the debtor, on surrender of his property, is discharged not only from imprisonment, but from his previous debts.
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