Wallace v. McConnell
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the District Court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama. The plaintiff in error, William Wallace,, was sued in. the District Court of Alabama, exercising the powers of a Circuit Court of the United States, on the second day of April, 1836, by a capias issued out of that Court, and returnable on the first Monday of May following.
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IN error to the District Court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama. The plaintiff in error, William Wallace,, was sued in. the District Court of Alabama, exercising the powers of a Circuit Court of the United States, on the second day of April, 1836, by a capias issued out of that Court, and returnable on the first Monday of May following. The action was brought on a promissory note, under the seal of the defendant, for four thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, dated May Í0, i832, and payable to. the plaintiff or to his order, at the office of discount and deposite…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
This -case comes up on a writ of error irom the District Court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama.
The action in the Court below was founded upon a note, which, although under seal, is considered in Tennessee a promissory note; and is in the words following:
“ Three years and two months after date, I promise to pay Corry M‘Connell or order, at the office of discount and deposíte of the Bank of the 'United States, at Nashville, four thousand eight hun dred and eighty dollars, ninety-nine, cents, value received.” The declaration sets…
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