31 U.S. 515 (_) 6 Pet. 515 SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA. Supreme Court of United States. *534 The case was argued for the plaintiffs in error by Mr Sergeant and Mr Wirt, with whom also was Mr Elisha W. Chester. *536 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause, in every point of view in which it can be placed, is of the deepest interest. The defendant is a state, a member of the union, which has exercised the powers of government...
31 U.S. 389 (_) 6 Pet. 389 WILLIAM W. WATTS AND ARTHUR WATTS'S EXECUTORS, AND WILLIAM W. WATTS, ARTHUR WATTS, JOSEPH SCOTT AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE, HEIRS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF JOHN WATTS, DECEASED, APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM WADDLE AND ALEXANDER WADDLE'S ADMINISTRATORS, AND ALEXANDER WADDLE, AND WILLIAM, JOHN, LUCY, EDWARD AND ARGUS WADDLE, INFANTS, BY BENJAMIN G. LEONARD THEIR NEXT FRIEND, CHILDREN AND HEIRS OF JOHN WADDLE, DECEASED, AND WILLIAM LAMB. Supreme Court of United States. *390 For...
31 U.S. 680 (_) 6 Pet. 680 CADWALLADER WALLACE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOSIAH C. PARKER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *683 The case was argued by Mr. Creighton, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr Corwin, for the defendant. *686 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to a decree pronounced by the supreme court of the state of Ohio, sitting in and for the county of Brown, in a case in which the defendant in error was...
31 U.S. 777 (_) 6 Pet. 777 VEITCH AND CO. v. THE FARMERS BANK OF ALEXANDRIA. Supreme Court of United States. ON motion of Mr Swann, of counsel for the complainant and appellee in this cause, and a certificate of the clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Alexandria, stating, "that at a court continued and held for the said district and county the 24th day of November 1830, the defendants prayed an appeal from the decree of...
31 U.S. 691 (_) 6 Pet. 691 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. DON FERNANDO DE LA MAZA ARREDONDO AND OTHERS, APPELLEES. Supreme Court of United States. *705 The case was argued by Mr Call and Mr Wirt, with whom also was Mr Taney, attorney-general, for the United States: and by Mr White and Mr Berrien, with whom also was Mr Webster, for the appellees. *706 Mr Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from the decree of the judge of the superior court for the eastern...
31 U.S. 29 (_) 6 Pet. 29 THE UNITED STATES v. THE STATE BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA. Supreme Court of United States. *30 The case was argued by Mr Taney, attorney-general of the United States, for the plaintiffs; and by Mr Peters for the defendants. *34 Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court for the district of North Carolina. The suit is an information by the United States in...
31 U.S. 352 (_) 6 Pet. 352 THE UNITED STATES v. THOMAS S. REYBURN. Supreme Court of United States. *354 The case was argued for the United States by Mr Williams, district attorney of the United States for the Maryland district, and Mr Taney, attorney-general, for the United States; and a written argument, on behalf of the defendant, was submitted to the court by Mr M'Mahon, and Mr Glenn. *363 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up from the circuit court for...
31 U.S. 445 (_) 6 Pet. 445 THE UNITED STATES v. JOHN D. QUINCY. Supreme Court of United States. *451 The case was argued by Mr. Williams, for the United States: and by Mr Wirt, for the defendant. Mr Williams, for the United States. *462 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up from the circuit court of the United States for the Maryland district, on a division of opinion of the judges, upon certain instructions prayed for to the jury. The indictment upon which...
31 U.S. 776 (_) 6 Pet. 776 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF v. ZALEGMAN PHILLIPS. Supreme Court of United States. MR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, of counsel for the plaintiff, having informed the court that a nolle prosequi had been entered in this cause in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, agreeably to instruction from the president of the United States, of which a copy has been filed in the office of the clerk of this Court, and which was read in open Court,...
31 U.S. 141 (_) 6 Pet. 141 THE UNITED STATES v. JAMES PAUL. Supreme Court of United States. *142 The case was submitted to the court without argument, by Mr Taney, attorney-general of the United States; and by Mr Washington Quincy Morton, for the defendant. Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL stated it to be the opinion of the court, that the third section of the act of congress, entitled "an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other...
31 U.S. 470 (_) 6 Pet. 470 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANT v. JOSEPH NOURSE, COMPLAINANT. Supreme Court of United States. *484 The motion to dismiss the appeal was argued by Mr Coxe and Mr Sergeant, for the appellee; and by Mr Swann, district attorney, and Mr Taney, attorney-general, for the United States. *489 Mr Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. *490 A motion is made by the counsel for the defendant, the appellee, to dismiss this suit for want of jurisdiction. The proceedings in...
31 U.S. 634 (_) 6 Pet. 634 UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. GEORGE M'DANIEL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. A motion was made by Mr. Coxe, for the defendant. Mr. Taney, attorney general, contra. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the court, overruling the motion. The declaration is for a balance of accounts of nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars and ninety-four cents; and the ad damnum is laid at two thousand dollars. The bill of exceptions shows,...
31 U.S. 317 6 Pet. 317 8 L. Ed. 412 THOMAS LELAND AND OTHERS v. DAVID WILKINSON. January Term, 1832 THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division in opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island. The same cause was before the court on a writ of error at January term 1829. 2 Peters, 267. The case was again tried in the circuit court of Rhode Island at June term 1830; and the points on which the judges of that court were divided...
31 U.S. 323 6 Pet. 323 8 L. Ed. 414 THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF THE YORK. January Term, 1832 MR FRELINGHUYSEN, with whom was Mr Wirt, stated, that at the last court an order was made, giving the state of New York leave to appear on the second day of this term and answer the bill of the complainants; and if there should be no appearance, the court would proceed to hear the cause on the part of the complainants, and to decree on the matter of the bill. 5 Peters, 291....
31 U.S. 8 (_) 6 Pet. 8 THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE BANK OF WASHINGTON, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *11 The cause was argued for the plaintiffs in error by Mr Lear and Mr Sergeant, and for the defendants by Mr Dunlap and Mr Key. Mr Dunlap and Mr Key for the defendants in error. *15 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up on a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of...
31 U.S. 763 (_) 6 Pet. 763 DANIEL F. STROTHER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOHN B.C. LUCAS, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *766 The case was argued by Mr. Benton, with whom was also Mr. Taney, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr Wirt for the defendant. *767 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up on a writ of error from the district court of Missouri. It was an action of ejectment for two arpens of land in front and forty arpens in depth, in...
31 U.S. 151 (_) 6 Pet. 151 SETH SPRING AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE EXECUTORS OF WILLIAM GRAY, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *155 The case was argued by Mr Evans for the plaintiffs; and by Mr Webster for the defendants. Mr Webster, contra. *160 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause depends entirely on the question whether the plaintiffs are within the exception of the statute of limitations, made in favour of "such accounts as...
31 U.S. 68 (_) 6 Pet. 68 JOHN SMITH T., PLAINTIFF v. ROBERT BELL, DEFENDANT. Supreme Court of United States. *71 The case was argued by Mr Key for the plaintiff, with whom also was Mr Grundy; no counsel appeared for the defendant. *74 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This case is adjourned to this court from the court of the United States for the seventh circuit and district of East Tennessee, on a point on which the judges of that court were divided in opinion. The...
31 U.S. 349 (_) 6 Pet. 349 RICHARD M. SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. EZRA LUNT'S ADMINISTRATOR, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *350 Mr Jones, for the defendant. Mr Swann, for the plaintiff in error. *351 Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. Upon an inspection of the record, it appears that the plaintiff claims in his declaration the sum of twelve hundred and forty-one dollars as remaining due to him, and he has laid the ad damnum at one thousand...
31 U.S. 1 (_) 6 Pet. 1 GERRET SCHIMMELPENNICK AND ADRIAN TOE LAER, TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF R. AND J.R. VAN STAPHORST v. JOSIAH AND PHILIP TURNER. Supreme Court of United States. *3 The case was argued by Mr Stewart for the plaintiffs, and by Mr N. Williams for the defendants. *5 Mr Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up from the circuit court for the district of Maryland, upon a division of opinion in that court upon a point stated on the record in the...
