President of the Bank of the United States v. Lyman
United States Circuit Court
In this case a verdict was taken for the plaintiff at a former term, subject to the opinion of the court on certain questions reserved at the trial.
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In this case a verdict was taken for the plaintiff at a former term, subject to the opinion of the court on certain questions reserved at the trial. It appeared, that the Bank of the United States, created by congress in 1816, had established a branch, or office, at Burlington, in Vermont, which was several years in operation, and continued to do business until September, 1835. On the 10th of March, 1836, the defendants made a proposition, in writing, “to purchase of the Bank of the United State the property of the Office at Burlington, as it was upon the second day of March, 1836,” for the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentiss, J.
The declaration in this case contains two counts, one for money had and received, and the other on an account stated. In support of the counts two promissory notes were given in evidence, with several accounts current, letters of correspondence, and other documents and testimony. Out of the evidence so given various questions have arisen, some involving the admissibility, and others the effect, or sufficiency, of the evidence. The questions possess different degrees of importance, both intrinsically and in their bearing upon the case; and I shall notice them in such order and manner, as will…
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