ONEALE v. THORNTON


10 U.S. 53 (1810)

6 Cranch 53

ONEALE v. THORNTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 15, 1810.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.B. Key and F.S. Key, for the plaintiff in error.

Rodney, Attorney-General, and Jones, contra.


MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court as follows:

This suit was instituted on a promissory note given by the plaintiffs in error, to the commissioners of the city of Washington, in payment for two lots originally sold to Morris and Greenleaf, and resold to the plaintiff in consequence of the failure of the original purchasers to pay the purchase-money. The defendant having also failed to pay the purchase-money...

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