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Martin v. Mott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1827PublishedCited by 296 opinions

ERROR to the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors of the State of New-York. This was an action of replevin, originally brought in the ' Supreme Court of New-York by the defendant in error, Mott, against the plaintiff in error, Martin, to which an avowry was filed, containing, substantially, the following allegations : That on the 18th of June, 1812, and from thence until the 25th of December, 1814, there was public and open war between the United…

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ERROR to the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors of the State of New-York. This was an action of replevin, originally brought in the ' Supreme Court of New-York by the defendant in error, Mott, against the plaintiff in error, Martin, to which an avowry was filed, containing, substantially, the following allegations : That on the 18th of June, 1812, and from thence until the 25th of December, 1814, there was public and open war between the United States of America, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its dependencies, and the citizens and subjects…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story

This is a writ of error to the judgment of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and ,the Correction of Errors of the State of New-York, being the highest Court of that State, and is brought here in virtue of the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, ch. 20. The original action was a replevin for certain goods and chattels, to which the original defendant put in an avowry, and to that avowry there was a demurrer, assigning nineteen distinct and special causes of demurrer. Upon a joinder in demurrer, the Supreme Court of the State gave judgment against the avowant; and that judgment was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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3Cited by296 opinions

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