Stephens v. McNeill

By the Court, Welles, J.

On the 5th of December, 1854, the defendants, residing and carrying on business in the city of. New York, were indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of over §1200. The plaintiff met the defendant McNeill in New York about nine o’clock in the forenoon of the same day, and told him he must have §1200 that day. McNeill replied that he should h'áv'e the money if he'would call at his office at half past two o’clock—and asked him if he wanted all the defendants owed him. The plaintiff said $1200 was all he wanted that day, The plaintiff accordingly went to Mc-Neill’s office…