Legal Opinion

Williams v. Bank of United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 14, 1826PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

stated, that the writ of error must be dismissed, it having issued irregularly. The judgment in thé Circuit. Court of Ohio was a joint judgment, upon a joint action for money lent, against three defendants; and the writ of error was sued out by one of the defendants, in his own name only, without joining the others. The Court was of opinion, that the writ of error ought to have been in the name of the three ; .and if the others should refuse to join in it, that it would deserve consideration whether the present plaintiff' might not have summons and severance.

Writ of error dismissed.

2Cited by28 opinions

  1. Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Case of the Sewing MacHine CompaniesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Masterson v. HerndonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. Hardee v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Mussina v. CavazosSupreme Court of the United States · 1867

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