President of the Bank of Louisville v. Young
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. I. The first instruction given for the defendant was erroneous, because not warranted by the evidence, nor by the statute. The evidence showed that Campbell, the president of the bank, was on a visit to St. Louis, and made a loan to Conant, and took his note, endorsed by George Pegram. This was the only loan proven ever to have been made in this State by the bank, and Campbell had no office or place of business in this State.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. I. The first instruction given for the defendant was erroneous, because not warranted by the evidence, nor by the statute. The evidence showed that Campbell, the president of the bank, was on a visit to St. Louis, and made a loan to Conant, and took his note, endorsed by George Pegram. This was the only loan proven ever to have been made in this State by the bank, and Campbell had no office or place of business in this State. The words of the statute (R. C. 1855, p. 289, § 14) are: “ Bonds, &c., given for money lent or advanced by a foreign…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The record in this case shows that in 1857, one Campbell, who was president of the Bank of Louisville, Kentucky, a *402foreign corporation, came into this State as agent of the bank, and brought with him a large amount of foreign bank notes, for the purpose of using the same in buying and selling bills of exchange, checks and drafts, and discounting bills and notes, and loaning the same in this State; and that a large portion of the notes so brought were issued by him and circulated in this State. That II. A. Conant & Co. applied to said Campbell, in the city of St. Louis, for a loan for $5,000,…
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