Bean v. Mississippi Union Bank

The plaintiffs sue on a number of the post notes of the Union Bank, bearing interest on their face at the rate of five per centum per annum, and they further claim fifteen per cent, per annum, as the damages imposed by the charter of the Bank, for refusing to redeem their notes in specie when presented, which refusal is shown by an endorsement on each note, made by the officers of the Bank, at the time of presentment. It is further alleged, that N. & J. Dick & Co. are indebted to the Bank in a large sum ; and they are cited as garnishees, and interrogated as to their indebtedness. A citation…