Parks v. Turner
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United Staieá for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, Turner & Renshaw, sued the defendant, Parks, in the Circuit Court of the-United States for the Eastern District, at New Orleans, to recover $5969.22, due by promissory note executed by Parks to the plaintiffs.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United Staieá for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, Turner & Renshaw, sued the defendant, Parks, in the Circuit Court of the-United States for the Eastern District, at New Orleans, to recover $5969.22, due by promissory note executed by Parks to the plaintiffs. After exceptions overruled, the ease was submitted to a jury, who returned the following verdict: “ We, the jury, find for the plaintiff. “ New Orleans, May 14th, 1849. “ H. R. Wood, Foreman;” which, on motion, was set aside, and the case…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The material facts in this case may be stated in a few words. Turner and Renshaw, the defendants in error, filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging that Parks, the plaintiff in error, was indebted to them in the sum of fifty-nine hundred and sixty-nine dóllars and twenty cents, upon a promissory note for that sum, drawn by Parks, payable to his own order, and by him indorsed to the plaintiffs. A copy of the note is exhibited with the petition.
Parks in his answer states, that he denies all and singular the allegations in the…
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