CHAPMAN v. FORSYTH ET AL.

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43 U.S. 202 (1844)

2 How. 202

11 L.Ed. 236

JOHN L. CHAPMAN, PLAINTIFF, v. HENRY H. FORSYTH AND THOMAS LIMERICK, MERCHANTS AND CO-PARTNERS, UNDER AND BY THE FIRM, NAME, AND STYLE OF FORSYTH AND LIMERICK, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 27, 1844.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted upon the following printed arguments by Morehead, for the plaintiff, and Loughborough, for the defendant.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of assumpsit for the proceeds of 150 bales of cotton, shipped to and sold by defendants as the property of the plaintiff, the defendants being factors. The defendant, Forsyth, pleaded that he had been duly discharged as a bankrupt, on his own voluntary petition. A replication was filed, to which there was a demurrer.

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