THOMPSON ET AL. v. ROBERTS ET AL.


65 U.S. 233 (____)

24 How. 233

WILLIAM THOMPSON AND JOHN PICKELL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. LEWIS ROBERTS, GIDEON R. BURBANK, AND ADDISON ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Mayer, upon a brief filed by himself and Mr. Washington Yellott, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Alexander for the defendants.


Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in error were plaintiffs below, and brought this suit as endorsers of two notes given by the plaintiffs in error to William H. Smith. These notes were given in part payment of some tracts of coal land sold and conveyed to Thompson and Pickell by Smith, and the defence endeavored to be established on the trial was a want of consideration, in that Smith had...

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