Legal Opinion

McLemore v. Louisiana State Bank

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 25, 1875No. 28PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. - The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis

It -is unnecéssary to consider whether in all respects the charge of the Circuit Court to the jury was correct, because the record shows the cage of the'plaintiff to be so fatally defective, that the judgment below would not be reversed for instructions, however erroneous. Brobst v. Brock, 10 Wall. 519; Decatur Bank v. St. Louis Bank, 21 id. 301. The case is this: .The plaintiff was the owner of certain promissory notes and acceptances, in possession of the commercial firm in New Orleans of which he was a member, which were pledged by the firm, in 1861 and 1862, to the bank, as security for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brobst v. BrockSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. West v. CamdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Robinson v. Denver City Tramway Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
  3. Elverson Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
  4. Petersen v. Wellsville CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  5. Société Anonyme des Sucreries de Saint Jean v. Bull Insular Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1921

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