Tombigbee Railroad v. Kneeland
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. It was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note made by the defendant to the plaintiff.
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This case was brought up by writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. It was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note made by the defendant to the plaintiff. The declaration stated, that the Tombigbee Railroad Company was a corporation constituted by law in the State of Mississippi, the officers and stockholders of which were citizens of. that State.; and that the defendant, who was a citizen of the State of Alabama, by his promissory note, made at Gainsville, in the last mentioned State, on thé 20th of January, 1838, promised to pay to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice TANEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only question arising on this record is, whether, by the laws of Alabama, a contract made in that State by the agents of a corporation created by the law of another State is valid. This point was fully considered and decided in the case of the Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519, and cannot now be considered as open for argument in this court. The principles decided in that case must govern this ; and the judgment of the District Court is therefore reversed, with costs.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
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