Buckner v. Finley & Van Lear
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came before the Court from the circuit court of the United States for the Maryland district* The action was instituted in the circuit court* on a bill of exchange, . drawn on the 16th of March. 181,9,. by the defendants, at -Baltimore, on Stephen De ver at New Orleans, in favour of Rose-well L. Colt or order, of Baltimore; and by him indorsed,, for value received,totheplaintiff, adtizen ofNew York. - A judgment was confessed by the defendants for $2,100, subject to…
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THIS case came before the Court from the circuit court of the United States for the Maryland district* The action was instituted in the circuit court* on a bill of exchange, . drawn on the 16th of March. 181,9,. by the defendants, at -Baltimore, on Stephen De ver at New Orleans, in favour of Rose-well L. Colt or order, of Baltimore; and by him indorsed,, for value received,totheplaintiff, adtizen ofNew York. - A judgment was confessed by the defendants for $2,100, subject to the opinion of the, court, .upon, á case stated} and which presented the question, whether the circuit court had…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr Justice Washington. .delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an action of assumpsit founded on a bill of exchange drawn at Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, upon Stephen Dever át New Orleans, in favour of R. L. Colt, a citizen of Maryland,, who indorsed the same to the plaintiff, a citizen of New; York. The action was brought in the circuit court of the United States-for the district of Maryland ; and upon a case, agreed, stating the above facts, the judges of that court were divided in opinion, whether they' could, entertain jurisdiction, of the cause upon the ground insisted Upon…
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