Wallace v. Henry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
This was an action of covenant, determined in the Washington Circuit Court, in November, 1842, before the Hon. Joseph M. Hoge, one of the circuit judges. Alfred Wallace sued John Douglas, John P. King, and James Henry, on a bond, due Dec. 25, 1841, for ‡299 48 cents, “in Arkansas State Bank paper,” with interest at ten per cent, from date till paid. Douglas and King not being served, the action was discontinued as to them.
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This was an action of covenant, determined in the Washington Circuit Court, in November, 1842, before the Hon. Joseph M. Hoge, one of the circuit judges. Alfred Wallace sued John Douglas, John P. King, and James Henry, on a bond, due Dec. 25, 1841, for ‡299 48 cents, “in Arkansas State Bank paper,” with interest at ten per cent, from date till paid. Douglas and King not being served, the action was discontinued as to them. Henry having made default, a writ of inquiry issued, and a jury were returned to the next term of the Court. The record then states: “This day came the said plaintiff, by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Paschal, J.
We will first direct our attention to the point relied on by Wallace, and by the decision of which he contends that he was prejudiced. He contends that, as there was a difference between the value of the paper of the State Bank payable at Little Rock, and the value of the paper payable at its branches, he is entitled to that which is most valuable. This is, we conceive, a one-sided view of the subject, and such as would, probably, not have occurred, had the relative value of the notes of the Principal Bank and branches been reversed.
Within a legal and constitutional…
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