Converse v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The case is explained in the opinion of the court. The examination, by the counsel, of the various acts of Con- . gress bearing upon the point in dispute is rendered unnecessary by the investigation of* them contained in the opinion of the court, and also in the opinion of the dissenting judges.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
Thé pleadings and facts in the case, and the points in controversy, are briefly yet clearly stated in the exception and opinion cif the court, as set forth in the transcript, in the following words:
“Be it remembered, that ata term of the Circuit Court of the' United States, holden at Boston, within and for the district of Massachusetts, on the 15th day of May, 1857, by the Honorable Benjamin R. Curtis, circuit judge, and the Honorable Peleg Sprague, district judge, came the United States of…
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