Legal Opinion

Bodley v. Goodrich

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 16, 1849PublishedCited by 3 opinions

This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts of the case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mir. Justice McLBAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This' is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana.

The complainants represent that they and William Frazer are the legal owners of a tract of land in East Ouachita land district, containing four thousand one hundred and twenty-six acres, as the assignees of the president, directors, and company of the Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg, a banking and railroad institution, duly incorporated, in the State of Mississippi. And they charge the defendant with setting up a claim to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fellows v. President of the Commercial & Rail Road BankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Morgan Bros. v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Fuller v. Chicago & N. W. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
  3. Perley v. MasonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1885

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