Picquet v. Curtis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Assumpsit on a large number of bills of exchange, drawn on the 4th of July, 1811, by one Pretag in Paris, payable to his own •order, on James Swan, (the deceased,) and accepted by him in Paris, payable in Boston, Massachusetts, at different and distant dates. All of them were indorsed to the plaintiff’s intestate by Pretag, and fell due between February, 1813, and February, 1822; and all of them were dishonored.
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Assumpsit on a large number of bills of exchange, drawn on the 4th of July, 1811, by one Pretag in Paris, payable to his own •order, on James Swan, (the deceased,) and accepted by him in Paris, payable in Boston, Massachusetts, at different and distant dates. All of them were indorsed to the plaintiff’s intestate by Pretag, and fell due between February, 1813, and February, 1822; and all of them were dishonored. The whole amount of the bills was about 897,759. The declaration contained, besides the money counts, a number of counts upon the bills, alleging a title in the plaintiff [Antoine P.…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The present motion for a new trial has been made on behalf of the defendants. ■ not so much perhaps from any strong doubts as to the points ruled by the court; but from an anxious desire of the defendant acting in autre droit, not to be supposed to omit any practical.duty to those, whom he represents. I appreciate the motive; and have considered the points made, with as much care, as if they had been urged -in the earnest conviction, that they were beyond question in favor of the defendant.
The first ground is, that the court instructed the jury, that the plaintiff was…
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