Supreme Court of the United States May 27, 1852 (Saltmarsh v. Tuthill)

Mr. Justice CATRON

delivered the opinion of the court.

Hill drew a thirty days’ bill, dated at Mobile, on "William Bower & Co.,-for 'four thousand dollars, payable to Coleman. It was indorsed by Coleman to Saltmarsh,'and by him to James W. Tuthill, who sued Saltmarsh. The parties went to trial on the general issue, and the defence relied on was usury.