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Stewart v. Kahn

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 10, 1871PublishedCited by 141 opinions

Error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana; the case being thus: On the 10th August, 1860, Bloom, Kahn & Co., of which firm one Levy was a member, all parties being resident traders in New Orleans, gave their promissory note to A. T. Stewart & Co., resident traders of New York, payable March 13th, 1861. Payment was refused on demand at maturity.

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Error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana; the case being thus: On the 10th August, 1860, Bloom, Kahn & Co., of which firm one Levy was a member, all parties being resident traders in New Orleans, gave their promissory note to A. T. Stewart & Co., resident traders of New York, payable March 13th, 1861. Payment was refused on demand at maturity. Very soon after this, that is to say, in April, 1861, the late rebellion broke out, and from the 15th of that month, when its existence was announced by proclamation from President Lincoln, until some time after, May 4tb, 1862, at which date the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The record discloses the following case: On the 16th of April, 1866, the plaintiffs in error, citizens aud residents of the State of New York, brought suit against the defendants in error in the fourth District Court of New Orleans, upon a promissory note made at New York on the 10th day of August, 1860, by the defendants, under their firm name of Bloom, Kahn & Co., to ithe plaintiffs, by their firm name of A. T. Stewart & Co., for the sum of $3226.24, payable at the office of A. Levy & Co., in the city of New Orleans,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. American Insurance v. 356 Bales of CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  3. Douglass v. HowlandNew York Supreme Court · 1840
  4. United States v. BabbitSupreme Court of the United States · 1862

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