Dugan v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error, to the circuit court for the district of Maryland. By the special verdict in this cause, it appeared, that on the 22d of December, J8U1, Aquila Brcwn at Baltimore1, drew a bill of exchange on Messrs. Van Staphorst & Co. at Amsterdam, for 60,000 guilders, payable-at 60 days sight,-to the .order of James Clarke, the defendants’ testator. James Clarke endorsed the bill to Messrs.
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Error, to the circuit court for the district of Maryland. By the special verdict in this cause, it appeared, that on the 22d of December, J8U1, Aquila Brcwn at Baltimore1, drew a bill of exchange on Messrs. Van Staphorst & Co. at Amsterdam, for 60,000 guilders, payable-at 60 days sight,-to the .order of James Clarke, the defendants’ testator. James Clarke endorsed the bill to Messrs. Brown & Hackman, who afterwards endorsed it to Beale Owings, who endorsed the same to Thomas >jv Tucker, Esq. treasurer of the United Slates, or. order, and delivered it to him as treasurer as aforesaid, who…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Livingston
r court, and after stating the facts,- -proceeded, as follows: ,
The first question which will be disposed of, although not the first in the order Of argument, will be, whether the endorsement, of this - hill to Mr. Tucker,, under the peculiar circumstances attending the transaction did not'pass such an interest to the United States, as to enable them, to sue in their own name.' In deciding this point, it will be taken for granted, that no doubt can arise bn the special verdict as to the party really interested in this bill. , It was purchased with the money of the United States. It was'…
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