TIERNAN ET AL. v. JACKSON


30 U.S. 580 (____)

5 Pet. 580

LUKE TIERNAN, DAVID WILLIAMSON, JUN. AND CHARLES TIERNAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. JAMES JACKSON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Scott and Mr Taney for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Wirt for the defendant.


Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court:

This is a writ of error from the circuit court for the district of Maryland, in which the defendant in error was the original plaintiff.

The suit was an action for money had and received, brought under the following circumstances. The defendants, Luke Tiernan and Sons, of Baltimore, were factors of Thomas H. Fletcher, of Nashville, in the state of Tennessee. In the...

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