BUCKNER v. FINLEY & VAN LEAR


27 U.S. 586 (____)

2 Pet. 586

WILLIAM S. BUCKNER, A CITIZEN OF NEW YORK vs. FINLEY AND VAN LEAR, CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Hoffman, for the defendants, no counsel appearing for the plaintiff.


Mr Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action of assumpsit founded on a bill of exchange drawn at Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, upon Stephen Dever at New Orleans, in favour of R.L. Colt, a citizen of Maryland, who indorsed the same to the plaintiff, a citizen of New York. The action was brought in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Maryland; and upon a case agreed...

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