DOX v. the Postmaster-General
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case was brought up from the Circuit Court of the United ■ States, for the Southern District of New-York, in the Second-Circuit; upon a certificate of the Judges of that Court, that they disagreed on certain points, set forth in the certificate.
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THIS case was brought up from the Circuit Court of the United ■ States, for the Southern District of New-York, in the Second-Circuit; upon a certificate of the Judges of that Court, that they disagreed on certain points, set forth in the certificate. The cause was commenced in the District Court of the United Stated, for the Northern District of New-York, and removed by writ of error, to the Circuit Court The following were the points of disagreement r ' 1st. Whether the District Court had jurisdiction of the cause;,? 2d. Whether, by the facts appearing on the record, and ad-’ mitted by the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
This suit was instituted against Gerrit L. Dox, a deputy master, and against his sureties, on a bond- given for the faithful performance of his duty. It was brought in the Court for the Northern District of New-York, and was removed, by writ of error, into the Circuit Court, sitting in the Southern District of N:ew-York, composed of the Associate Justice of this Court, and the Judge .of the Southern District. On the hearing, the Judges were divided in opinion upon three questions; which have been certified to this Court.—
1st. Whether the District Court had…
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