Smith v. White

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Smith, Meredith and Ellicott prosecuted a writ of forcible detainer against Willis White, and recovered a verdict before the magistrate. White traversed the inquisition, and, upon the instructions of the Circuit Court, obtained a verdict; and judgment having been rendered thereon, and a motion for a new trial overruled, the plaintiffs in the warrant have brought the case to this Court.

The plaintiffs read to the jury the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States, in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant, and the habere facias…