Mandeville v. Holey & Suckley
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria. An action was instituted in the Circuit Court for the district of' Columbia, by the defendants in error, agains.hRichard Slade, James Anderson, and the plaintiff in error, trading under the firm of Richard Slade £c Co.; and the suit having abated, as to Slade, by his death, and by return, as to Anderson, it-was prosecuted against Joseph Mandeville only.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria. An action was instituted in the Circuit Court for the district of' Columbia, by the defendants in error, agains.hRichard Slade, James Anderson, and the plaintiff in error, trading under the firm of Richard Slade £c Co.; and the suit having abated, as to Slade, by his death, and by return, as to Anderson, it-was prosecuted against Joseph Mandeville only. The declaration contained the usual money counts, and the damages were laid at ten thousand five hundred dollars. By consent of parties, an order was made by the Court, referring the…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Chief Justice Marshall
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
The Court are satisfied in this case, that under the law of Virginia, a-confession of judgment by the plaintiff in error, in the original suit, is a release of errors.
Judgment affirmed,' with costs and damages, at the rate of six per centum per annum.
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