Matthews v. McStea
Supreme Court of the United States
■ Error - to the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. The original cause of action was {inter alia) an acceptance of a bill of exchange by the firm of Brander, Chambliss, & Co.; of New Orleans, dated April 23,1861, payable in; one year to-the order of McStea, and accepted on the day of its date by" the firm, whereof Matthews, it was alleged, was then á member.
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■ Error - to the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. The original cause of action was {inter alia) an acceptance of a bill of exchange by the firm of Brander, Chambliss, & Co.; of New Orleans, dated April 23,1861, payable in; one year to-the order of McStea, and accepted on the day of its date by" the firm, whereof Matthews, it was alleged, was then á member. The principal defence, and the only one Which, presents a Federal question, was, that, at the time when the acceptance was made, the defendant, Matthews, was a resident of the State of New York; that the other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The single question which this record'presents for our consideration is, whether a partnership, where one member of the firm resided in New York and the others in Louisiana, w,as dissolved by the war of the rebellion prior to April 23,1861.
That the civil war had an existence commencing before that date must be accepted as an established fact. This was fully determined in The Prize Oases, 2 Black, 635; and it is no longer open to denial. The President’s proclamation of April 19,1861, declaring that he had deemed it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports within the States of South…
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