Davis v. Wood
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was similar to the preceding, in which the petitioners excepted to the opinion of the court below: 1st. That they had offered to prove, by com* petent witnesses, that they (the yvitriesses) had heard old persons, now dead, declare, that a certain Mary Davis, now dead, was a white woman, born ,in England, and such was the general report in the neighbourhood where she lived; and also offered the same kind of testimony to prove that Susan Davis, mother of…
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This case was similar to the preceding, in which the petitioners excepted to the opinion of the court below: 1st. That they had offered to prove, by com* petent witnesses, that they (the yvitriesses) had heard old persons, now dead, declare, that a certain Mary Davis, now dead, was a white woman, born ,in England, and such was the general report in the neighbourhood where she lived; and also offered the same kind of testimony to prove that Susan Davis, mother of the/petitioners, was lineally descended, in the female line, from,the said Mary; and it was admitted, that said' Susan was, at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court, and stated, that, as. tp the first exception, the court had revised its opinion in the case of Mima Queen and child v. Hepburn, and confirmed it. As to the second exception, the record Was not between the same parties. The rule is, that Verdicts are evidence between parties and privies. The court does not feel inclined to enlargte the exceptions to this general rule,' and, therefore, the judgment of the court below is affirmed.
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