37 U.S. 151 (1838) 12 Pet. 151 JOHN ZACHARIE AND WIFE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. HENRY FRANKLIN AND WIFE. Supreme Court of United States. *154 The case was submitted to the Court by Mr. Benton and Mr. Preston, on printed arguments. Mr. Benton read the arguments for the plaintiffs in error; and for the defendants. *160 Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case is brought into this Court, by a writ of error, to the district court of the United States, for the eastern district...
37 U.S. 238 (1838) 12 Pet. 238 JAMES WHITE, PLAINTIFF v. HIRAM TURK, JAMES VAUGHAN, AND WILLIAM GRANT. Supreme Court of United States. Coxe for the plaintiff. No counsel appeared for the defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court. Mr. Justice M`KINLEY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case certified to this Court from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Tennessee. A petition was filed by the defendants, Vaughan and Grant,...
37 U.S. 101 (1838) 12 Pet. 101 FRANCIS WEST AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. WALTER BRASHEAR. Supreme Court of United States. On a motion of Mr. Crittenden, counsel for the defendant, to dismiss the appeal. Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case an appeal has been taken from the decree of the circuit court for the eighth circuit, and a copy of the record in due form has been lodged by the appellants with the clerk. But the case has not been docketed, because the...
37 U.S. 1 (1838) 12 Pet. 1 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ANDREW N. LAUB. Supreme Court of United States. *3 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, the attorney general, and by Coxe, for the defendant. Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up on a writ of error from the circuit court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington. The action is founded upon a balance certified at the treasury against the defendant for eleven thousand eight...
37 U.S. 476 (1838) 12 Pet. 476 THE UNITED STATES v. ZEPHANIAH KINGSLEY. Supreme Court of United States. *478 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, attorney general for the United States. No counsel appeared for the appellee. *479 Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the Court: This is an appeal by the United States from a decree of the superior court of the eastern district of Florida, confirming a land claim. It appears that Zephaniah Kingsley, on the 20th of November, 1816, being then an...
37 U.S. 72 (1838) 12 Pet. 72 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS v. LAWRENCE COOMBS. Supreme Court of United States. *73 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, attorney general of the United States. No counsel appeared for the defendant. *74 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case, certified upon a division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court, for the southern district of New York. The case, as stated in the record, is as follows: Lawrence Coombs was indicted under...
37 U.S. 300 (1838) 12 Pet. 300 HENRY TOLAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. HORATIO SPRAGUE. Supreme Court of United States. *309 The case was argued by Mr. Gilpin and Mr. Hare, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr. Gerhard, with whom was Coxe, for the defendant. *327 Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court: This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania. The suit was commenced by the plaintiff in error against the...
37 U.S. 215 12 Pet. 215 9 L. Ed. 1061 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM MILLS' HEIRS. January Term, 1838 APPEAL from the superior court of East Florida. In the superior court of East Florida, the widow and children, heirs of William Mills, deceased, presented a petition, claiming title to a tract of land, situated on the east side of the river St. Johns, at a place called Buffalo Bluff, about two miles below the former plantation of Panton Leslie and Company. This land was claimed under...
37 U.S. 654 12 Pet. 654 9 L. Ed. 1232 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. JOSEPH DELESPINE'S HEIRS, LAZARUS AND OTHERS January Term, 1838 APPEAL from the superior court of East Florida. The heirs of Joseph Delespine, and others, purchasers from Joseph Delespine, filed a petition to the supreme court of East Florida, praying confirmation of a grant to Joseph Delespine, made by Don Jose Coppinger, on the 9th day of April, 1817; he being then the Spanish governor of East Florida. The grant was for...
37 U.S. 657 (1838) 12 Pet. 657 THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, COMPLAINANTS v. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, DEFENDANT. Supreme Court of United States. *669 Mr. Webster, of counsel for the state of Massachusetts. Mr. Austin, in support of the motion. *687 Mr. Hazard, for the state of Rhode Island. *714 Mr. Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the Court: At the January term of this Court, 1832, the plaintiff filed a bill in equity, presenting a case arising under the...
37 U.S. 755 (1838) 12 Pet. 755 THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS ADS. THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Hazard, counsel for the state of Rhode Island. Mr. Webster, in support of his motion. *759 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court: A motion has been made on the part of the state of Massachusetts, for leave to withdraw the plea filed on the part of that state; and also to withdraw the appearance heretofore entered for the state. A motion has also been...
37 U.S. 140 (1838) 12 Pet. 140 THE HEIRS OF NICHOLAS WILSON v. THE LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Butler, for the defendants. The motion was opposed by Coxe and Mr. Webster. Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. The proceedings in this case were instituted in the district court for the eastern district of Louisiana, for the purpose of procuring the sale of certain property mortgaged by Nicholas Wilson in his lifetime, to...
37 U.S. 11 (1838) 12 Pet. 11 LESSEE OF GABRIEL SWAYZE, AND MARY HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ROBERT BURKE, D. SHERMAN, GEORGE JACKSON, AND JAMES HINSMAN, DEFENDANTS Supreme Court of United States. *14 The argument of Mr. Fetterman, for the plaintiffs in error, and of Mr. Watts, for the defendants. *21 Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. An action of ejectment was brought in the western district of Pennsylvania, by the plaintiffs against the defendants, to recover the land...
37 U.S. 410 (1838) 12 Pet. 410 DANIEL F. STROTHER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOHN B.C. LUCAS, DEFENDANT. Supreme Court of United States. *427 The case was argued by Mr. Lawless and Mr. Benton for the plaintiff in error: and by Mr. Geyer and Mr. Jones for the defendant. [*] Mr. Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the Court: The plaintiff brought an ejectment in the district court of Missouri, *428 to recover possession of two pieces or tracts of land, formerly common field lots adjacent to the...
37 U.S. 201 (1838) 12 Pet. 201 BEULAH STELLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. DANIEL CARROLL, OF DUDDINGTON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. *202 The case was argued by the Messrs. Brent for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Bradley, and Coxe for the defendant. *203 Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an action of dower, and was brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant, in the circuit court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, to...
37 U.S. 145 (1838) 12 Pet. 145 CHARLES SCOTT, BAILIFF OF WILLIAM S. MOORE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOHN LLOYD, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Supreme Court of United States. The cause was argued by Mr. Jones, and Cox for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr. Key and Mr. Swann for the defendant. *146 Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This is the third time that this case has been brought before the Court, by writ of error to the circuit court of the District of Columbia. The first decision...
37 U.S. 143 (1838) 12 Pet. 143 EDWARD SARCHET AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. THE UNITED STATES. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Butler, the attorney general. Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, an action was brought by the United States against Edward Sarchet and others, in the district court for the southern district of New York; upon a bond for duties charged by the collector upon certain iron imported into the United States. The duties *144 claimed were...
37 U.S. 497 (1838) 12 Pet. 497 JAMES M. REYNOLDS, JOHN B. BYRNE AND WILLIAM FARRIDAY, MERCHANTS, TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF REYNOLDS, BYRNE & CO. v. JAMES S. DOUGLASS, THOMAS G. SINGLETON AND THOMAS GOING. Supreme Court of United States. The plaintiffs again brought up the case; and it was argued by *498 Mr. Southard for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Jones for the defendant. Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court: This case is brought before this Court by a writ of error to...
37 U.S. 507 12 Pet. 507 9 L. Ed. 1174 PIERRE CHOTEAU, SENIOR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. MARGUERITE, A WOMAN OF COLOUR, DEFENDANT. January Term, 1838 ERROR to the supreme court of the third judicial district of the state of Missouri. In 1825, Marguerite, a woman of colour, by her next friend, Pierre Barrebeau, filed a declaration in the circuit court for the county of Jefferson, in the state of Missouri, alleging that Pierre Choteau, sr., had beat and bruised her, and unlawfully detained her in...
37 U.S. 221 (1838) 12 Pet. 221 N. ROGERS & SONS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JAMES BATCHELOR AND OTHERS, ADMINISTRATORS OF ABEL H. BUCKHOLTS, DECEASED. Supreme Court of United States. *225 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Hoban and Mr. Key, for the defendants. Mr. Butler, for the plaintiffs in error. *227 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause comes before us on a writ of error to the district court of the district of Mississippi....
