Robertson v. Cease
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for tbe Western District of Texas.' The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Tbis action was instituted on the 25th of September, 1873, by Cease, as the assignee of a note for $4,190, executed in Texas by Robertson, plaintiff in error, on the 2d of October, 1860, and made payable July 1, 1861, to tbe order of W. J. Chamblin, with interest at tbe rate of ten per cent per annum from date.
Does it sufficiently appear from tbe record tbat tbe case is within the jurisdiction of tbe Circuit Court ? Tbat is tbe first question to be considered upon tbis writ of error.
Tbe payee, Chamblin, a citizen of Illinois, died in tbat State on tbe 29th of April, 1871. In September, 1873,…
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