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FARMINGTON v. PILLSBURY

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114 U.S. 138 (1885)

5 S.Ct. 807

29 L.Ed. 114

FARMINGTON, v. PILLSBURY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William L. Putnam, (Mr. Thomas H. Haskell was with him) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles F. Libby for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. After making the foregoing statement of the facts he continued:

By the original judiciary act of September 24, 1789, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 73, it was provided, § 11, that no District or Circuit Court should "have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted...

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