Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Watson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1872PublishedCited by 5 opinions
EROM LINCOLN. Appeal from the Circuit Court. Wm. P. Hick-erson, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
. BtjbtoN, Special J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On the 18th of April, 1861, Kelso & McDonald drew a bill of exchange (acceptance waived) on Bead-ley, Wilson & Co., of New Orleans, for ten thous- and dollars, indorsed by the plaintiff in error, and one Cornelius Allen. The bill 'was discounted by the Bank of Tennessee, at Nashville; it was drawn at nine months, and being unpaid at maturity, it was regularly protested. In 1867. suit was commenced upon the bill against McDonald and the two endorsers by Samuel Watson, the assignee in trust of the bank. In the progress of the cause…
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