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BUCKINGHAM ET AL. v. McLEAN

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54 U.S. 151 (1852)

13 How. 151

14 L.Ed. 91

JOHN S. BUCKINGHAM AND MARK BUCKINGHAM, APPELLANTS, v. NATHANIEL C. McLEAN, ASSIGNEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF JOHN MAHARD, JR.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 20, 1852.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Read, for the Buckinghams, and by Mr. Chase and Mr. Rockwell, for the Lafayette Bank, the Franklin Bank of Cincinnati, and the Northern Bank of Kentucky. The interest of these banks was drawn in question by the third point raised by Mr. Read, who contended that the notes, bills and mortgages held by them, were void on account of usury.

Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Nathaniel C. McLean, as the assignee of John Mahard, Jr., a bankrupt, filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio, for the purpose of relieving property of the bankrupt from incumbrances thereon, alleged to have been created in fraud of the Bankrupt act. A final decree having been entered in the cause, John S. Buckingham and Mark Buckingham...

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