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Brown v. Swann

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 14, 1835PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the circuit court of tHe United States for the county of Alexandria, in the district óf Columbia. Mr Lee, forthe appellees, moved to dismiss the appeal, the same having been:tafcen before a final decree in the cáse in the circuit court. The appellees filed their bill in the circuit court, on the 21st of November 1825. An injunction was directed on the. filing of the bill, which was afterwards in part-dissolved.

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APPEAL from the circuit court of tHe United States for the county of Alexandria, in the district óf Columbia. Mr Lee, forthe appellees, moved to dismiss the appeal, the same having been:tafcen before a final decree in the cáse in the circuit court. The appellees filed their bill in the circuit court, on the 21st of November 1825. An injunction was directed on the. filing of the bill, which was afterwards in part-dissolved. Sub- - sequently the injunction was altogether dissolved, and further proceedings being had in the case, the court, on the 3d day of December 1832, made the following…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

On appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Alexandria. On consideration of the motion made in this cause yesterday, by Mr Edmund J. Lee of counsel for the appellees to dismiss this cause, because the appeal was granted before there was a final decree rendered in the court below, and of the arguments of counsel thereupon, had as well for the appellant as for the appellees: it is now here ordered, adjudged and .decreed by this court, that this appeal be and the same is hereby dismissed with costs.

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Beebe v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  2. In Re: 995 Fifth Avenue Associates, L.P.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
  3. Nacoochee Hydraulic Mining Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
  4. CECOS International, Inc. v. JorlingDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1989
  5. Bellamy v. BellamySupreme Court of Florida · 1851

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