Musson v. Lake
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up, on a certificate of division in opinion, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The question which was certified to this court will be found at the conclusion of the following statement.
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This case came up, on a certificate of division in opinion, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The question which was certified to this court will be found at the conclusion of the following statement. Lake was sued as indorser of the following bill of exchange: — Vicksburg, 17th December, 1836. Exchange for $6,133 s%. Twelve months after first day of February, 1837, of this first of exchange (second of the same tenor and date unpaid), pay to the order of R. H. & J. H. Crump six thousand one hundred and thirtv-three dollars, value received,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKINLEY
The plaintiffs brought an action of ■ assumpsit, in the Circuit Court of. the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, against the defendant, as indorser of a bill of exchange, drawn at Vicksburg, in said State, by Steele, Jenkins, & Co., for ‡ 6,133, payable twelve months after the first day of February, 1837, to R. H. & J. H. Crump; and addressed to Kirkman, Rosser, & Co., at New Orleans, and by them afterwards accepted, and indorsed by the payees and the defendant.
■ On the- trial of the cause, the plaintiffs offered to read as evidence to the jury a protest of the bill of…
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