Sill v. Bank of the United States
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Sill, describing himself as of Lyme, in New-London county, in this state, against the Bank of the United States, before the county court for New-London county, to recover the amount of a note or bill, issued by the defendants, promising to pay to C. S. West, or bearer, on demand, 100 dollars.
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This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Sill, describing himself as of Lyme, in New-London county, in this state, against the Bank of the United States, before the county court for New-London county, to recover the amount of a note or bill, issued by the defendants, promising to pay to C. S. West, or bearer, on demand, 100 dollars. There were several special counts in the declaration, in which it was stated, in different forms, that the plaintiff was the owner of the bill; and that it having been cut into two parts, for the purpose of remittance, the plaintiff was in possession of one of…
1Opinion of the Court
Peters J.
To an action of assumpsit on a promissory note, or bank bill, made by the defendants, payable to C. S. West, or bearer, commenced in the county court for the county of New-London, the defendants pleaded in abatement, first, to the jurisdiction; secondly, that the process was not duly served.
It appears from the pleadings, that the plaintiff dwells in Lyme, in this county; that the defendants are a corporation, created by an act of Congress, passed the 10th day of April, 1816, and established in the city of Philadelphia, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with power to establish…
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