Jackson v. Tiernan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action for the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, being part of the proceeds of a shipment of tobacco, made by Thomas H. Fletcher, of Nashville, to the defendants in Baltimore, and lhis sum by him assigned to the plaintiff. The facts of the case are these : “ The defendants, Luke Tiernan & Sons, of Baltimore, were factors of T. H. Fletcher, of Nashville, Tennessee.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action for the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, being part of the proceeds of a shipment of tobacco, made by Thomas H. Fletcher, of Nashville, to the defendants in Baltimore, and lhis sum by him assigned to the plaintiff. The facts of the case are these : “ The defendants, Luke Tiernan & Sons, of Baltimore, were factors of T. H. Fletcher, of Nashville, Tennessee. In the course of their business transactions, Fletcher became indebted to them, and to another house, in which Luke Tiernan was surviving partner, in a sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This.is an action to recover the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, with six per cent.. interest per annum, according to the laws of Maryland,, on an assignment, for a valuable consideration, by one Thomas H. Fletcher, to the plaintiff of this sum, to be paid by the defendants, from so much of the proceeds of a shipment of tobacco made to them by Fletcher, who was indebted to the plaintiff. The latter took this assignment without any other security, against a protested bill of exchange, for the same amount, on being shown the receipts of the agent of the defendants, that Fletcher owed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mandeville v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- Tiernan v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
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