Bacon v. Ventress
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Natchez. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. This bill was filed in 1849, by the appellants, as trustees of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania against the appellee, to collect from him as one of the sureties of James A. Yentress, the amount of his promissory notes, which they had executed to the Planters’ Bank of this State, and which were over due in 1839. The transfer was made by a delivery of the notes to the agent of…
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Natchez. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. This bill was filed in 1849, by the appellants, as trustees of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania against the appellee, to collect from him as one of the sureties of James A. Yentress, the amount of his promissory notes, which they had executed to the Planters’ Bank of this State, and which were over due in 1839. The transfer was made by a delivery of the notes to the agent of complainants, and the Planters’ Bank was afterwards and before the commencement of this suit, ousted of its corporate…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNdy, J.
*164This bill was filed by the appellants to enforce the payment of two promissory notes, made by the appellee as surety for James A. Yentress, and payable to the Planters’ -Bank of this State, one dated 27th of November, 1838, and due about the 15th of December, 1839, for the sum of $2,500, and the other dated 2d of July, 1839, and due about the 1st of December, 1839, for the sum of $9,600, which notes were transferred by the bank to the appellants, on or about the 25th of March, 1842. The charter of the bank having been declared forfeited by judgment of law, and the notes having been…
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