JONES, INDORFEE, VERSUS LE TOMBE

U.S. | 1798-02-01
Dallas, Du Ponceau, Ingersoll, E. Tilghman
3 Dall. 384 Supreme Court of the United States (1798) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 1 L. Ed. 647 · 1798 U.S. LEXIS 147 · SCDB 1798-001
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Holding

A consul who draws bills of exchange in an official capacity is not personally liable, as the credit is given to the government rather than to the individual.


Headnotes

[1] A consul who draws bills of exchange in an official capacity acts on behalf of the government, and credit extended on such bills is given to the government rather than to…

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“the contradi was made on account of the government; that the credit was given to it as an official engagement; and that, therefore, there was no caufe of adtion againft the prefent Defendant.”

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Facts & Procedural History

John Coffin Jones, as indorsee of James Swan, brought an action against Le Tombe, Consul General of the French Republic, for protested bills of exchan…

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Opinion of the Court

The nile was, accordingly, made abfolute; and the Plaintiff* foon afterwards difeontinued the aétion.


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  • Dugan v. The United States, 3 Wheat. 172 (U.S. 1818)
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