Mechanics Bank of Alexandria v. Lynn
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria. The appellee filed his bill on the Chancery side of the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, against' the Mechanics Bank of Alexandria, to enjoin the bank from proceeding upon a judgment at law, which the bank had obtained against him, and upon which an execution had issued, and he had been taken and confined.' The bill stated, that'the judgment which had been obtained against the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria. The appellee filed his bill on the Chancery side of the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, against' the Mechanics Bank of Alexandria, to enjoin the bank from proceeding upon a judgment at law, which the bank had obtained against him, and upon which an execution had issued, and he had been taken and confined.' The bill stated, that'the judgment which had been obtained against the complainant was for what is called, according to the bank phrase, “ an overdraw,” amounting to 81573 85 - and, that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Adam Eynn, the complainant in the Court below, filed, his bill for an injunction to restrain the Mechanics Bank of Alexandria from proceeding upon a judgment which it had recovered against"him at law for g 1573 85.' A perpetual injunction was decreed, to reverse which, the present appeal is brought.'
The'bill and answer contain many matters not necessary now ,to be noticedi The grounds upon which the application for an injunction was placed, were, that on the 29th of May 1821, a settl'ement was made between the parties, of various matters which had' been for a long time in. dispm. between…
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