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THOMPSON v. SELDEN ET AL.

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61 U.S. 194 (1858)

20 How. 194

15 L.Ed. 1001

GILBERT L. THOMPSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM SELDEN, JOHN WITHERS, ROBERT W. LATHAM, AND LAWRENCE P. BAYNE, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM OF SELDEN, WITHERS, & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 25, 1858.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. John S. Tyson for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Magruder for the defendants. On that side, also, was a brief by Messrs. Davidge, Ingle, and Chilton.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, upon a judgment rendered in that court in favor of the defendants in error, in a suit brought by them upon certain promissory notes set forth in the pleadings.

Some time before the trial, a notice was served on Selden, Withers, & Co., the defendants in error, to produce certain...

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