ATKINS v. DICK ET AL.


39 U.S. 114 (1840)

14 Pet. 114

JAMES ATKINS, APPELLANT, vs. N. AND J. DICK AND COMPANY, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Cocke, for the appellants; and by Mr. Crittenden, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States, for he Southern District of Mississippi.

The appellant was the payee of a bill of exchange drawn by Cain and Lusk, which he endorsed to Parham N. Booker, who endorsed it to N. and J. Dick and Company.

The bill having been dishonoured, Dick and Company brought suit thereon, and recovered...

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