District of Columbia v. Cornell
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims against the District District op Columbia. No. 1.380. Washington, July 1st, 1873. This certifies, that for work done under direction of the Board of Public Works, and chargeable to the private property adjoining and benefited thereby, there is due to the bearer Five Hundred Dollars, payable July 1st, 1876, with eight per centum interest, payable semiannually, as per coupons attached.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims against the District District op Columbia. No. 1.380. Washington, July 1st, 1873. This certifies, that for work done under direction of the Board of Public Works, and chargeable to the private property adjoining and benefited thereby, there is due to the bearer Five Hundred Dollars, payable July 1st, 1876, with eight per centum interest, payable semiannually, as per coupons attached. Issued in accordance with act of Legislative Assembly; Secured by pledge to the Comifiissioners of the Sinking Fund of…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Geay,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opirnon of the court.
When the maker of a negotiable instrument lawfully cancels it before maturity, his liability upon it is extinguished;- and cannot be revived without his consént. It is immaterial whether the cancellation is by destroying' the instrument, or by writing or stamping words or lines in ink upon its face, provided the instrument, ip. the condition in which he puts it, unequivocally shows that it has been cancelled. Scholey v. Ramsbottom, 2 Camp. 485; Burbridge v. Manners, 3 Camp. 193; Ingham v. Primrose, 7…
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