Britton v. Niccolls
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the' Southern District of Mississippi. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The defendant in the court below is the surviving partner of the firm of Britton & Koontz, which was engaged in the bank ing business at Natchez, in the State of Mississippi, in 1874 and 1875. The plaintiff in the court below, Niccolls, was at that time a.citizen of Illinois, and the present suit is brought by him to recover damages from the surviving partner of the firm for its neglect to present for payment to the maker, at their maturity, two promissory notes sent to it for collection, by reason of which the liability of a responsible indorser was released.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bowling v. ArthurMississippi Supreme Court · 1857
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