Kennedy v. McKee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The court stated the case as follows: This action was brought upon the official bond of the late James A. McKee, marshal of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, to recover damages for the seizure of certain goods, wares and merchandise, under attachments sued out from the court below, January 25,- 1884, by Crow, Hargardine & Go. and Goodbar, White & Co., respectively, against…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The court stated the case as follows: This action was brought upon the official bond of the late James A. McKee, marshal of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, to recover damages for the seizure of certain goods, wares and merchandise, under attachments sued out from the court below, January 25,- 1884, by Crow, Hargardine & Go. and Goodbar, White & Co., respectively, against the property of Moseley Brothers, a firm composed of W. P. Moseley, S. P. Moseley, R. T. Moseley, and F.' P. Moseley…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
As no brief has been filed in behalf of the defendants in error, and as we are not informed by the record of the precise ground upon which the court below proceeded, we will restrict our examination of this case to the single ground upon which the plaintiff'in error questions the correctness of the judgment. After referring to the provisions of the above statute, he says that the only ground upon which the invalidity of the assignment of January 23, 1884, can be asserted is the failure to embrace in it the private property of all the members of the firm as well as the property of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coffin v. DouglassTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Still v. WilkensTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Donoho v. Fish Bros. & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1882
- Turner v. DouglassTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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- Williams v. CrockerSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Mc Cord-Brady Co. v. MillsWyoming Supreme Court · 1899
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