Chapman v. Barney
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE 0IRCUIT COURT OF THE TOUTED STATES FOK THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion. (1) To the first point stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE 0IRCUIT COURT OF THE TOUTED STATES FOK THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion. (1) To the first point stated in the opinion. Davis Avenue Railroad v. Mallon, 57 Alabama, 168; (2) To the second point Huchvdle v. Kendall, 3 B. & Aid. 137; Marion-Machine Works v.- Craig, 18 "West Virginia, 559, 565; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Christie, 5 West Virginia, 325, 328; McMilleon v. Dobbins, 9 Leigh, 422 ; Armstrong v. Barton, 42 Mississippi, 506; Porterfield v. Butler, 47 Mississippi, 165,170; Oakland v. Davis, 4 How. 131; (3) To thé third point, Freeman on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Laiiab
In its original form, this was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below, by the United States Express Company, alleged to have been organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, and a.citizen of that State, against Hpman B. Chapman, a citizen of Illinois, to recover the sum of $14,000, in money, alleged to have been entrusted to him- for delivery to a certain company at La Salle, Illinois) and converted by him to his own use.'
At the same term of the court in which the declaration was filed, Chapman answered, setting up two defences, viz.: (1) non assumpsit; and…
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