22 U.S. 651 (1824) 9 Wheat. 651 WALTON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. March 1, 1824. March 17, 1824. *652 THIS cause was argued by Mr. Clay, for the plaintiff in error, and by the Attorney-General, for the defendants in error. Mr. Justice DUVALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The plaintiff in error in this case, who was defendant in the Court below, was a receiver of public money, in one of the land offices in the District of...
22 U.S. 576 (1824) 9 Wheat. 576 WALDEN ex dem. DENN v. CRAIG. Supreme Court of United States. February 6, 1824. February 21, 1824. *577 This cause was argued by Mr. Taylor, [a] for the plaintiff, no counsel appearing for the defendant. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. Upon this case two questions arise: 1. Ought the Circuit Court to have granted leave to the plaintiff to extend the term laid in his declaration 2. Does a writ of error lie to the refusal to grant...
22 U.S. 904 (1824) 9 Wheat. 904 The BANK OF THE UNITED STATES v. The PLANTERS' BANK OF GEORGIA. Supreme Court of United States. March 11, 1824. March 20, 1824. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, the petition of the plaintiffs, which, according to the practice of the State of Georgia, is substituted for a declaration, is founded on promissory notes, payable to a person named in the note, "or bearer," and states, that the notes were *905 "duly transferred,...
22 U.S. 579 (1824) 9 Wheat. 579 The UNITED STATES v. JOSEF PEREZ. Supreme Court of United States. March 17, 1824. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause comes up from the Circuit Court for the southern district of New-York, upon a certificate of division in the opinions of the Judges of that Court. The prisoner, Josef Perez, was put upon trial for a capital offence, and the jury, being unable to agree, were discharged by the Court from giving any verdict upon the...
22 U.S. 720 (1824) 9 Wheat. 720 The UNITED STATES v. KIRKPATRICK and others. Supreme Court of United States. March 17, 1824. March 20, 1824. *723 The Attorney-General, for the plaintiffs. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Foster, contra. *729 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, the Court cannot but lament the extreme irregularity and laxity of the pleadings, if, indeed, the informal minutes upon the record be entitled, in any measure, to the appellation of pleadings. Some...
54 U.S. 7 (_) 13 How. 7 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH HUGHES. Supreme Court of United States. *8 It was argued by Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the United States, and by Messrs. Janin and Taylor for the appellee. Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiff claimed three thousand arpents of land situate in Louisiana, and fronting on the back part of lands of...
22 U.S. 409 6 L. Ed. 122 9 Wheat. 409 The ST. JAGO DE CUBA. VINENTE, and others Claimants . March 15, 1824 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maryland. Feb. 20 th. This cause was argued by the Attorney-General for the appellants, and by Mr. Winder for the respondents and claimants. March 15 th. Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 This vessel, with her lading, found on board at the time of seizure, were libelled for an infraction of the laws prohibiting the African slave...
22 U.S. 616 (1824) 9 Wheat. 616 The MONTE ALLEGRE, TENANT, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. March 3, 1824. March 16, 1824. *618 Mr. Meredith, for the appellant. Mr. D. Hoffman, for the respondents. *640 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court, and after stating the case, proceeded as follows: Upon the argument in this Court, the counsel for the respondent abandoned the objection to the jurisdiction of the Court. It becomes unnecessary, therefore, that we should notice...
22 U.S. 391 (1824) 9 Wheat. 391 The MERINO. The CONSTITUTION. The LOUISA. BARRIAS, and others, Claimants. Supreme Court of United States. February 20, 1824. March 5, 1824. *395 Mr. C.J. Ingersoll, for the appellants. The Attorney-General and Mr. Kelly, contra. *399 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. And, after stating the case, proceeded to enumerate the objections made by the counsel *400 for the appellants, to the several decrees of the Court below. 1. That the regular...
22 U.S. 421 (1824) 9 Wheat. 421 The MARGARET, alias CARLOS FERNANDO, HALEY, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. February 11, 1824. February 15, 1824. This cause was argued by the Attorney-General, for the appellants, and by Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the respondent and claimant. *422 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case of seizure, for an asserted forfeiture under the ship registry act of the 31st of December, 1792, c. 1. The libel contains five counts, the four...
22 U.S. 658 6 L. Ed. 184 9 Wheat. 658 The FANNY. The CONSUL-GENERAL OF PORTUGAL, Libellant . March 15, 1824 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maryland. This was the case of a libel filed by the Consul-General of Portugal, on behalf of certain Portuguese subjects, owners of a number of hides which had been brought from St. Thomas to Baltimore in the brig Fanny. The facts proved in the cause, which the Court considered to be material, are the following: Some time in the year 1817, Robert M....
22 U.S. 381 (1824) 9 Wheat. 381 The EMILY and The CAROLINE, BROADFOOT, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. February 7, 1824. February 24, 1824. *382 The causes were argued by Mr. Harper, for the appellant, and by the Attorney-General and Mr. M'Duffie, for the respondent. *384 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. These cases come before the Court on appeals from decrees of the Circuit Court, for the District of South Carolina, affirming the decrees of the District Court,...
22 U.S. 362 (1824) 9 Wheat. 362 The APOLLON, Edon, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. March 13, 1824. March 17, 1824. *363 THE cause was argued by the Attorney-General, [a] for the respondent, and by Mr. Harper and Mr. Clay, [b] for the appellant. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a libel, brought by the master of the French ship Apollon, against the Collector of the District of St. Mary's, for damages occasioned by an asserted illegal seizure of the ship and...
22 U.S. 325 (1824) 9 Wheat. 325 ROBERT J. TAYLOR and others, Appellants, v. JOHN THOMPSON MASON, Respondent. Supreme Court of United States. March 3, 1823. February 3, 1824. *332 The cause was fully argued, upon all these points, by Mr. Jones and Mr. Harper for the appellants, and by the Attorney-General and Mr. Emmet, for the respondents. *339 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court; and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: If the estate should yield any surplus...
22 U.S. 526 6 L. Ed. 151 9 Wheat. 526 STEWART v. INGLE and others. February 24, 1824 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Feb. 24 th. At a former day of this term, Mr. Hay , for the plaintiff in error, had obtained a certiorari, upon a suggestion of diminution in the record, directed to the Court below, and returnable immediate . The Clerk of the Circuit Court accordingly made return to the certiorari, with another record. Whereupon, Mr. Hay moved for a new certiorari, upon...
22 U.S. 502 (1824) 9 Wheat. 502 STEPHENS, Appellant, v. M'CARGO and others, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. March 16, 1824. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree pronounced by the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky, directing the appellant to convey to the respondents certain lands mentioned in their bill, and claimed by them under two distinct titles. The board of commissioners granted a...
22 U.S. 532 (1824) 9 Wheat. 532 SMITH v. M`IVER. Supreme Court of United States. February 10, 1824. February 20, 1824. This cause was argued by Mr. Eaton, and Mr. Isaacks, [a] for the appellants; and by Mr. White, and Mr. Spaten, [b] for the respondents. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL, delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Tennessee, dismissing the plaintiff's bill. The bill states, that the plaintiff...
22 U.S. 558 (1824) 9 Wheat. 558 SEBREE and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. DORR, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of United States. February 27, 1824. March 6, 1824. This cause was argued by Mr. Bibb, [a] for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Wickliffe, [b] for the defendant in error. Mr. Justice STORY, delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. The action was brought by Dorr, as *559 assignee, against Sebree and Johnson, as assignors, upon...
22 U.S. 483 (1824) 9 Wheat. 483 RIGGS v. TAYLOE. Supreme Court of United States. February 26, 1824. March 16, 1824. *484 This cause was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Hay, [a] for the defendant. Mr. Justice TODD delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an action on the case brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, upon a contract in writing, entered into between the plaintiff and defendant, for the sale of bank stock...
22 U.S. 581 (1824) 9 Wheat. 581 RENNER, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF COLUMBIA, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. February 24, 1824. March 5, 1824. *582 This cause was argued by Mr. Webster and Mr. Jones , [a] for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Key, [b] for the defendants in error. Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up on a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia;...
