Pierce v. Indseth
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This is an action by the plaintiff in the court below, Ole A. Indseth, against the defendants, composing the firm of Pierce, Simmons, & Co., on a foreign bill of exchange, payable at sight to his order, drawn by them at Redwing, in Minnesota, on the • Christiania Bank, in Norway, which is as follows: —• u Exchange 15,441 Jcroner per stamp 2c.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This is an action by the plaintiff in the court below, Ole A. Indseth, against the defendants, composing the firm of Pierce, Simmons, & Co., on a foreign bill of exchange, payable at sight to his order, drawn by them at Redwing, in Minnesota, on the • Christiania Bank, in Norway, which is as follows: —• u Exchange 15,441 Jcroner per stamp 2c. “Pierce, Simmons, & Co., Bankers, “Red Wing, Minnesota, February 1,1877. “ At sight of this original of exchange (duplicate unpaid) pay to the order of O. A. Indseth fifteen…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The certificate of the protest of the bill of exchange by the notary in Norway was properly received in evidence. It is in due form, and bears what purports to be the seal of the notary. The seal,, it' is true, is impressed directly on the paper by a die with which ink was used. This is evident from inspection of 'the original, which has been transmitted to us from the court below for our personal examination.
The use of wax, or some other adhesive suostance upon which the seal of a public officer may be impressed, has long since ceased to be regarded as important. It is enough, in the absence…
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