Selden v. Myers
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. It was a bill filed by Selden, under the circumstances particularly stated in the opinion of the court. The Circuit Court dismissed the bill, and Selden appealed to this court. As this was a case depending entirely upon testimony, where no general principle of equity jurisprudence was involved, the arguments drawn from that testimony are omitted.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia.
It appears that the appellant, for some years before the execution of the. instruments hereinafter mentioned, kept a restaurant in the city of "Washington, and had considerable dealings with Lawrence Myers & Company, who are merchants in New York, and who, from time to time, had supplied him with liquors for the use of his restaurant. On the 31st of December, 1846, the appellant gave his promissory note for $1,246.68 to Lawrence Myers & Company, payable with interest on the 1st of January, 1849, for value received; and on…
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