Parsons v. Armor
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a writ of error to the circuit court for .the eastern district of Louisiana. James Armor, a merchant of New .Orleans, sued William Parsons, a, merchant of Boston, in the parish court pf New Orleans, by petition, setting forth, that in,June 182.5, he sold to one Eben Fiske, acting as. the agent of .Parsons, tobacco to the amóunt of $17,311 99, in consideration- whereof Fiske drew sundry bills of exchange on Parsons, all which were'honoured and paid,.except two, one…
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THIS was a writ of error to the circuit court for .the eastern district of Louisiana. James Armor, a merchant of New .Orleans, sued William Parsons, a, merchant of Boston, in the parish court pf New Orleans, by petition, setting forth, that in,June 182.5, he sold to one Eben Fiske, acting as. the agent of .Parsons, tobacco to the amóunt of $17,311 99, in consideration- whereof Fiske drew sundry bills of exchange on Parsons, all which were'honoured and paid,.except two, one for $1443 29, and the other for $4123 7-1, which were not accepted or paid ; and charging that Parsons owes him the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This cause is brought up. by writ of error from the district Court of Louisiana district, exercising circuit court jurisdiction, in a suit in which the cause of action was in the nature of a quantum valebat, for a quantity of tobacco sold; but according to the practice of that court, the suit was prosecuted in the forms of the civil law, and the judgment rendered by the court, the parties having waived the trial by jury. The record consists <of the petition, the answer, the whole testimony, as well depositions as documents, introduced by either party, and the fiat of the judge that Armor, the…
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