Reeside v. Knox
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In the District Court for the City; and 'County of Philadelphia, John Knox, and James Boggs, trading together under the firm of Knox & Boggs, 'brought an action on the case, to March term, 1836, against James Reeside. The writ was returnable on the first Monday in May.
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In the District Court for the City; and 'County of Philadelphia, John Knox, and James Boggs, trading together under the firm of Knox & Boggs, 'brought an action on the case, to March term, 1836, against James Reeside. The writ was returnable on the first Monday in May. On the 9th of'May, 1836, the plaintiffs filed a copy of the instrument in writing, on which the suit was brought, in the words and figures following, viz.—■ “ Copy of the instrument of writing whereon the above action Is founded, viz: Dollars 5000. Washington, 18th 1835. Sir, On the 1st day of January, 1836, pay to my order,…
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The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
The first and more important point is disposed of in the opinion of the court in West v. Simmons; and I shall confine myself to the question, whether the affidavit disclosed an effective defence, or, to express it differently, whether the instrument filed as the cause of action, is a valid bill of exchange. If it be not, the defendant below is not liable.
It is certainly not an insuperable objection to a bill, in every case, that the government is a party to it. In Dugan v. The United States, (3 Wheat. 172,) it was held that the government…
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