Donnelly v. District of Columbia

Supreme Court of the United States
Donnelly v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. 339 (1886)
7 S. Ct. 276; 30 L. Ed. 465; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1994

Donnelly v. District of Columbia

Opinion

*341 TVE?.. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

The judgment in this case is affirmed on the authority of Looney v. The District of Columbia, 113 U. S. 258. It having been found as a fact by the court below that no mistake had been made in reducing the contract to writing, no' questions are presented in this court on that branch of the case.

Affirmed:

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Syllabus
A creditor who receives froln his debtor a negotiable instrument of the debtor for the amount of his debt, and sells it for its market value to a' third person, cannot; sue the debtor on the original debt. Looney v. District of Columbia, 113 U. S. 258, affirmed.