Coffman v. Bank of Kentucky
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court of Yalobusha county. Hon. Win. Cothran, judge. Tbe action in tbe court below was founded on tbe following bill of exchange : “ Exchange for $840.50. “ Graysport, Miss., June 5, 1854. “Eight months after date of tbis my first of exchange (second unpaid), pay to tbe order of Hilary Talbert, eight hundred and forty and JA dollars. Yalue received. “E. E. Willis. “ To McRae, Coffman & Co., New Orleans, La.” ) Accepted. McRae, Coffman & Co. 4 Endorsed.
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Error to Circuit Court of Yalobusha county. Hon. Win. Cothran, judge. Tbe action in tbe court below was founded on tbe following bill of exchange : “ Exchange for $840.50. “ Graysport, Miss., June 5, 1854. “Eight months after date of tbis my first of exchange (second unpaid), pay to tbe order of Hilary Talbert, eight hundred and forty and JA dollars. Yalue received. “E. E. Willis. “ To McRae, Coffman & Co., New Orleans, La.” ) Accepted. McRae, Coffman & Co. 4 Endorsed. Hilary Talbert. Endorsed. Pay R. G. Palfrey, casb’r, or order. J. H. Yan Culin, cashier. The pleadings and evidence in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought on a bill of exchange drawn at Graysport, in this State, by F. E. Willis, payable to, and endorsed by, Hilary Talbert, on McRea, Coffman & Co., of New Orleans, Louisiana, and endorsed by J. II. Tan Gulin, cashier, and J. H. Palfrey, cashier. It was brought against the drawer and Talbert and Coffman, and judgment was rendered against them- but the writ of error is sued out in the name of the defendant Willis alone.
The case is brought up on a bill of exceptions taken to the action of the court below in overruling the…
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