24 U.S. 414 (_) 11 Wheat. 414 WILLIAMS, Plaintiff in Error, against The PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, and COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. IN this case, in which Mr. Wright was for the *415 plaintiff in error, and Mr. Webster, for the defendants. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL stated, that the writ of error must be dismissed, it having issued irregularly. The judgment in the Circuit Court of Ohio was a joint judgment, upon a joint action for...
24 U.S. 309 (_) 11 Wheat. 309 WETZELL against BUSSARD. Supreme Court of United States. *310 This cause was argued by Mr. Swann for the plaintiff, [a] and by Mr. Jones and Mr. Key for the defendant. [b] Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and county of Washington, on a promise in writing to deliver a quantity of powder. The defendant pleaded...
24 U.S. 375 (_) 11 Wheat. 375 WALKER and Wife, Appellants against CYRUS GRIFFIN'S Heirs, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This case depends entirely on the will of Francis Peart, deceased. The testator had devised his estate to the County Court of Woodford, in trust for purposes therein mentioned; after which he adds, "Should the County Court of Woodford not have a right to take into possession this donation of the...
24 U.S. 184 (_) 11 Wheat. 184 The UNITED STATES against VANZANDT. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by the Attorney General and Mr. Swann, for the plaintiffs, [a] and by Mr. Jones and Mr. Key, for the defendant. Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This was an action of debt brought in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, upon a paymaster's official bond, against the defendant in error, one of the sureties in that bond. The condition of the...
24 U.S. 419 (_) 11 Wheat. 419 The UNITED STATES against TAPPAN and Others. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by the Attorney General and Mr. Blake, for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Webster, for the defendant. Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. *420 This is an action of debt upon a duty bond, under the act of the 20th of April, 1818. Upon the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, the following questions arose: 1. Whether the words "true...
24 U.S. 467 (_) 11 Wheat. 467 The UNITED STATES v. ORTEGA. Supreme Court of United States. *468 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. The defendant, Juan Gualberto de Ortega, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern District of Pennsylvania, for infracting the law of nations, by offering violence to the person of Hilario de Rivas by Salmon, the charge d'affaires of his Catholic Majesty the King of Spain in the United States, contrary to the law...
24 U.S. 417 (_) 11 Wheat. 417 The UNITED STATES v. KELLY and Others. Supreme Court of United States. *418 The cause was submitted without argument by the Attorney General for the United States, no counsel appearing for the prisoners. Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes before the Court upon a certificate of a division of opinion of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, upon the following point assigned by the defendants...
24 U.S. 392 (_) 11 Wheat. 392 The UNITED STATES against AMEDY. Supreme Court of United States. *395 Mr. Worthington, for the prisoner. *406 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. The first question for consideration is, whether the evidence of the act of incorporation of the Boston Insurance Company, disclosed upon the record, was admissible as a sufficient verification thereof. It is matter of most serious regret, than an exemplification so loose/and irregular, should have been...
24 U.S. 1 (_) 11 Wheat. 1 The MARIANNA FLORA. The Vice Consul of Portugal, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *6 Mr. J. Knapp, for the appellants. Mr. Blake, for the respondents. *37 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the *38 Court, and after stating the pleadings, proceeded as follows: An objection, which is preliminary in its nature, has been taken to the admissibility of this new count to the libel, filed in the Circuit Court, upon the ground, that the original subject matter...
24 U.S. 413 (_) 11 Wheat. 413 The ANTELOPE. The Vice Consuls of Spain and Portugal, Libellants. Supreme Court of United States. CERTIFICATE. A mandate having issued to the Circuit Court for the District of Georgia, to carry into execution the decree of this Court pronounced at the February term, 1825, to deliver certain Africans, in the said decree mentioned, to the Spanish consul for Spanish claimants, and the Judges of that Court having been divided in opinion respecting the mode of...
24 U.S. 226 (_) 11 Wheat. 226 TAYLOR'S Devisee against OWING and Others. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by Mr. Talbot, for the appellant, and by Mr. Trimble, for the respondents. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellant filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky, praying a conveyance of a tract of land for which the defendants had obtained elder patents, and which the plaintiff claimed in virtue...
24 U.S. 361 (_) 11 Wheat. 361 SHELBY and Others, Executors of SHELBY, Plaintiffs in Error, against GUY, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by Mr. Jones, for the plaintiffs in error, and by the Attorney General and Mr. White, for the defendant in error. Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. The plaintiffs here, were defendants in the Court below, in an action of detinue brought by Thomas Guy, to recover sundry slaves. The defendants below...
24 U.S. 325 (_) 11 Wheat. 325 PILES and Others, Plaintiffs in Error, against BOULDIN and Others, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by Mr. Isaacs, for the plaintiffs in error, no counsel appearing for the defendants in error. Mr. Justice DUVALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause is brought up by writ of error from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of West Tennessee. The lessee of Bouldin and others, who were plaintiffs in the...
24 U.S. 237 (_) 11 Wheat. 237 PERKINS against HART, Executor of HART. Supreme Court of United States. *241 The cause was argued in this Court by Mr. Wright and Mr. Whittlesey, for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Webster and Mr. Hammond, for the defendant. *245 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: The first point reserved in the Court below, and on which the Judges of that Court were divided in opinion, consists of two...
24 U.S. 192 (_) 11 Wheat. 192 OTIS, Plaintiff in Error, against WALTER, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued at this term by the Attorney General and Mr. Blake, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Webster and Mr. Read, for the defendant in error. Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause is brought up, by writ of error, from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, for the purpose of reviewing a judgment of that Court, given in favour...
24 U.S. 431 (_) 11 Wheat. 431 MILLS, Plaintiff in Error, against The PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, and COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause war argued by Mr. Wright for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Webster for the defendants in error. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. *432 This is a suit originally brought in the Circuit Court of Ohio, by the Bank of the United States, against A.G. Wood and George Ebert,...
24 U.S. 441 (_) 11 Wheat. 441 MILLER'S Heirs against M'INTIRE & Others. Supreme Court of United States. *442 THIS cause was argued by Mr. Sheffey for the appellants, and by Mr. Talbot 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 Kentucky, by which the bill of the plaintiffs was dismissed pro forma. An original bill was filed by Miller's heirs, in the year 1808, to...
24 U.S. 215 (_) 11 Wheat. 215 LITTLEPAGE against FOWLER and Others. Supreme Court of United States. *216 THIS cause was argued by Mr. Bibb, for the appellant, [a] and by Mr. Talbot, for the respondent. [b] Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause comes up by appeal from the Circuit Court of Kentucky, in which the appellant filed his bill to compel the defendants to convey to him 20,000 acres of land in right of a prior entry. The defendants, having obtained the prior...
24 U.S. 199 (_) 11 Wheat. 199 HINDE'S Lessee against LONGWORTH. Supreme Court of United States. *202 The cause was argued by Mr. Scott, for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Webster and Mr. Hammond, for the defendant. *205 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. The premises in question in this cause, are described as in lot No. 107. in the town of Cincinnati; and, it is admitted on the record, that on the 28th day of March, 1799, Thomas Doyle, sen. was seised and in possession of this...
24 U.S. 103 (_) 11 Wheat. 103 STEPHEN HARDING and Others, Appellants, v. ASA HANDY and CALEB WHEATON, Respondents. ASA HANDY and CALEB WHEATON, Appellants, v. STEPHEN HARDING and Others, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. *107 Mr. Wheaton, for the original plaintiffs. Mr. Coxe, (with whom was Mr. Webster,) for the defendant. *119 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: The counsel for Asa Handy contend, that the...
