Borough of Port Royal v. Graham

The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered

It has been held repeatedly, and in one case very recently, that an ordinary county warrant drawn on the treasurer •in payment of a debt, is not per se a proper subject of an action as upon a promise in writing. That it may enter into the evidence in an action to recover a debt may well be, but it is not an order or draft which itself may become the foundation of the action. But in this case the paper, though in form a warrant to authorize a payment and to be held as a voucher, contains other matters which establish it to be a contract and evidence…