Patriotic Bank ex rel. Johnson v. Wilson
Patriotic Bank ex rel. Johnson v. Wilson
4 D.C. 253; 18 F. Cas. 1305; 4 Cranch 253
Opinion of the Court
(■nem. con.) instructed the jury that if they should be satisfied by the evidence, that the money was received by Mr. Weightman as payment of the note, this suit could not be maintained upon it in the name of the bank; but if they should be of opinion that it was a sale or an assignment of the note, for a valuable consideration, bond fide, then this suit might be maintained in the name of the bank for the use of Mr. Johnson.
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