Legal Opinion
Lindo v. Gardner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 28, 1803PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
5 U.S. 343 (____)
1 Cranch 343
LINDO
v.
GARDNER.
Supreme Court of United States.
Peacock, for the plaintiff in error.
THIS was an action of debt brought by the administrators of Archibald Gardner against Abraham Lindo, upon a promissory note, in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting in Washington. The act of congress respecting the district of Columbia had adopted the laws of Maryland as the law of this part of the district. In Maryland the statute of 3 and 4 Anne, c. 9. respecting promissory notes, had been "introduced, used and practised by the courts of law," and thereby, * 344…
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