Legal Opinion

Bank of the United States v. DANIEL

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1838PublishedCited by 119 opinions

AN appeal from the circuit court of the'United States for the district of Kentucky. On- the 29th day of October,.1827, the appellees, James Daniel, Henry Daniel, Isaac Cunningham and Samuel Hanson, filed a bill in the circuit court o£ Kentucky, stating, that on .the 12th of October, 1818, at Lexington, Kentucky, Robert Griffing, since dead, drew a bill of exchange on James Daniel, one of the complainants, for ten thousand dollars, payable one hundred and twenty days after…

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AN appeal from the circuit court of the'United States for the district of Kentucky. On- the 29th day of October,.1827, the appellees, James Daniel, Henry Daniel, Isaac Cunningham and Samuel Hanson, filed a bill in the circuit court o£ Kentucky, stating, that on .the 12th of October, 1818, at Lexington, Kentucky, Robert Griffing, since dead, drew a bill of exchange on James Daniel, one of the complainants, for ten thousand dollars, payable one hundred and twenty days after date, at the office of discount and deposite of the Bank of the United States at New Orleans'. The bill was drawn in…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron

To a just comprehension of the legal questions arising in this ■ cause, it becomes necessary that the fa'cts be stated, in the form and sense they present themselves to the Court.

The first transaction giving rise to the controversy, was a bill of exchange, in the following words:

“Exchange for 10;000 dollars.
“Lexington, October 12th, 1818.
“ One hundred and twenty days after date, of this my first of exchange, second and third of same tenor and date unpaid, pay Henry Daniel, or order, ten thousand dollars, at the office of discount.and deposite of the Bank of the United States, in New Orleans,…

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