27 U.S. 245 (_) 2 Pet. 245 THOMPSON WILLSON AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. THE BLACK BIRD CREEK MARSH COMPANY, DEFENDANTS. Supreme Court of United States. *247 The case was argued for the plaintiffs in error by Mr Coxe; and by Mr Wirt, attorney general, for the defendants. *250 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The defendants in error deny the jurisdiction of this Court, because, they say, the record does not show that the constitutionality of the act of the...
27 U.S. 96 (_) 2 Pet. 96 MICAJAH T. WILLIAMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *97 The cause was argued by Mr J.C. Wright for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr Sergeant for the defendants. *100 Mr Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the circuit court of Ohio by the president, directors, and company of the Bank of the United States, against J. Embree the maker,...
27 U.S. 354 2 Pet. 354 7 L. Ed. 449 WILLIAM CAMPBELL'S EXECUTORS, APPELLANTS v. PRATT, FRANCIS AND OTHERS, APPELLEES. January Term, 1829 APPEAL from the circuit court of Washington county. The matters in controversy in this case arose out of proceedings in the circuit court, under the mandate of this Court issued at February term 1815, in the case of Pratt and others vs. Campbell and others, reported 9 Cranch , 456. In the circuit court, the appellants in this case filed their bill alleging...
27 U.S. 627 (_) 2 Pet. 627 DAVID WILKINSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. THOMAS LELAND AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *631 The case was argued by Mr Whipple, and Mr Wirt, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr Webster, with whom was Mr Hubbard, for the defendants. Mr Whipple, for the plaintiffs in error. *653 Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Rhode Island, in a case where the plaintiff...
27 U.S. 449 (_) 2 Pet. 449 PLOWDEN WESTON AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHARLESTON, DEFENDANTS. Supreme Court of United States. *451 The case was argued by Mr Hayne, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Cruger and Mr Legare, for the defendants. *463 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This case was argued on its merits at a preceding term; but a doubt having arisen with the Court respecting its jurisdiction in cases of prohibition, that...
27 U.S. 107 (1829) 2 Pet. 107 ABRAHAM VENABLE AND GEORGE M'DONALD, APPELLANTS vs. THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES. Supreme Court of United States. January 1829. *108 The case was argued for the appellants by Mr Wickliffe, and by Mr Sergeant for the appellees. *110 Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the Kentucky district. The Bank of the United States, at Lexington, Kentucky,...
27 U.S. 137 (_) 2 Pet. 137 JOHN P. VAN NESS AND MARCIA HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. PEREZ PACARD, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *139 Mr Coxe, for the plaintiff. Mr Barrett and Mr Jones, for the defendant. *141 Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington. The original was an action on the case brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant...
27 U.S. 170 (_) 2 Pet. 170 THOMAS F. TOWNSLEY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. JOSEPH K. SUMRALL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *171 Mr Coxe, for the plaintiff in error. Mr Nicholas, for the defendant in error. *174 Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Kentucky. The original action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, as one of the firm of Thomas F. Townsley & Co., to...
27 U.S. 157 (_) 2 Pet. 157 JULIA THOMPSON, TENANT, APPELLANT vs. ALICE TOLMIE AND OTHERS, APPELLEES. Supreme Court of United States. *160 Mr Wilde and Mr Jones, for the appellant. Mr Key, for the defendant. *162 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an action of ejectment brought in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, in the county of Washington, to recover possession of lot No. 14 in square No. 290, in the city of Washington. Upon the trial, the lessors of...
27 U.S. 481 2 Pet. 481 7 L. Ed. 441 7 L. Ed. 492 THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. DAVID WEISIGER, APPELLEE. January Term, 1829 1 In this case, which had been argued on a previous day of the term, and the opinion of the Court delivered in favour of the appellants, (See ante, page 331) Mr Bibb having informed the Court that the defendant, Weisiger, had died since the commencement of the term; stated that he had been of counsel with the...
27 U.S. 327 2 Pet. 327 7 L. Ed. 440 THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JOHN ASHLEY AND JOHN ELLA, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1829 ERROR to the circuit court of Kentucky. This action was in all respects similar to that of the president, directors and company of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky vs. Wister, Prince and Wister, ante page 318, with the exception only, that it was founded on the notes of the bank payable to...
27 U.S. 442 2 Pet. 442 7 L. Ed. 479 SOLOMON SOUTHWICK, SPENCER STAFFORD, AND JOHN VAN NESS GATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. January Term, 1829 WRIT of error to the circuit court of the southern district of New York. This suit was commenced, originally, by the postmaster general, in the district court of the northern district of New York, in May 1822, against Solomon Southwick and his co-defendants, who were his sureties; to recover six thousand dollars,...
27 U.S. 380 (_) 2 Pet. 380 JOHN F. SATTERLEE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. ELIZABETH MATTHEWSON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *384 The cause was argued by Mr Eli K. Price, and Mr Sergeant for the plaintiff; and by Mr Sutherland, and Mr Peters for the defendant. *385 Mr. Price, for the plaintiff, contended. *407 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the supreme court of Pennsylvania. An ejectment was commenced by the defendant in...
27 U.S. 150 2 Pet. 150 7 L. Ed. 379 ROBERT BOYCE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. PAUL ANDERSON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. January Term, 1829 WRIT of error to the circuit court of Kentucky. The case was submitted to the Court, on the part of the counsel for the plaintiff in error, Mr Rowan, upon the following brief. This was an action in the court below against defendants in error, owners of the steam boat Washington, to recover from them the value of four slaves, the property of the plaintiff, who, he alleged,...
27 U.S. 243 (_) 2 Pet. 243 JOHN T. RITCHIE, APPELLANT vs. PHILIP MAURO AND JOSEPH FORREST, APPELLEES. Supreme Court of United States. The case was argued upon the whole of the matter contained in the decree, by Mr C.C. Lee and Mr Chambers, for the appellant; and by Mr Bradley for the appellees. *244 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. In the present case, a majority of the Court are of opinion that this Court has no jurisdiction in the case; the value in controversy...
27 U.S. 417 (_) 2 Pet. 417 JOHN REYNOLDS, TENANT THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF vs. DUNCAN M'ARTHUR, DEFENDANT. Supreme Court of United States. *423 Argued by Mr Scott for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr Mason and Mr Vinton for the defendant. Mr Wirt, attorney general, appeared for the plaintiff by order of the government of the United States, but was prevented taking part in the argument by indisposition. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to...
27 U.S. 1 (_) 2 Pet. 1 ABRAHAM L. PENNOCK & JAMES SELLERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. ADAM DIALOGUE. Supreme Court of United States. *4 Mr Webster, for the plaintiff in error. Mr Sergeant, for the defendant. *14 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of Pennsylvania. The original action was brought by the plaintiffs in error for an asserted violation of a patent, granted to them on the 6th of July 1818, for a new and useful improvement in...
27 U.S. 216 (_) 2 Pet. 216 WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR vs. THE REV. WILLIS JENKS ET AL. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *220 The case was argued by Mr Wilde and Mr Berrien for the plaintiff, and by Mr Haynes for the defendant. *225 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the court of the United States for the sixth circuit and district of Georgia, in a case in which the plaintiff in error was...
27 U.S. 482 (_) 2 Pet. 482 JOSEPH MANDEVILLE AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS vs. ROMULUS RIGGS, APPELLEE. Supreme Court of United States. *484 The case was argued upon all the questions presented by the record, by Mr Jones and Mr E.J. Lee for the appellant; and by Mr Wirt and Mr Coxe for the appellee. Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree rendered in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting in Alexandria, in a suit in chancery, in which the...
27 U.S. 241 (_) 2 Pet. 241 LESSEE OF WILLIAM A. POWELL, AND OTHERS vs. JOHN HARMAN. Supreme Court of United States. Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question now referred to this Court differs from that which was decided in Patton's lessee vs. Easton, 1 Wheat. *242 476, in this, that the defendant who sets up a possession of seven years in bar of the plaintiff's title, endeavours to connect himself with a grant. The sale and conveyance however, by which this...
