Clay v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to. the district court of the eastern district of Louisiana. This-cese was argued at January term 1828, by Mr Livingston,.and was held under advisement until this t&m; on .the. suggestion of counsel, and for information upon the law of the state'of Louisiana, referred to in . the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This case comes up from the Louisiana district, by" writ of error, to reverse a judgment obtained ,there by Smith vs. Clay.
Smith, is a citizen of Kentucky; and Clay, of Louisiana; and the action was brought td recover a debt incurred in the year 1808.
Clay?s defence rests upon the validity of a discharge obtained in a court of the state, under a law?of- the state, in the year 1811. The plea sets out his petition to the court ; his surrender of his .effects; the schedule of his debts, in which Smith’s debt is specified, as also the payment to hirn of ten per cent, the ^dividend declared by the…
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