Combs v. Hodge
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, , The chronological history of the case was this: In 1839, Combs was the proprietor of a large amount of bonds issued by the State of Texas for various sums, which certificates concluded in this way: ■ ■ “ This eértificate is transferable by the said Leslie Combs,' or.his legal attorney or representative, on the books of the stock commissioner only.”
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, , The chronological history of the case was this: In 1839, Combs was the proprietor of a large amount of bonds issued by the State of Texas for various sums, which certificates concluded in this way: ■ ■ “ This eértificate is transferable by the said Leslie Combs,' or.his legal attorney or representative, on the books of the stock commissioner only.” Two of these certificates — viz: No..5219, for five thousand dollars, and No. 5229, for one thousand.dollars — were the subjects of the present suit. No…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The plaintiff filed his bill to establish his claim to two certificates for a portion of the public'debt of the Republic of Texas, which had been issued to him in the year 1839, and which were transferable by him, or his attorney, or his representative, only, on the books of the stock commissioner .of that State. Heavers that these certificates with others were endorsed in blank by him, and sent to the defendant, Love, in Texas, during the year 1840, with authority to receive an an ticipated partial payment, and to obtain other certificates of the same description for the residue. That he did…
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