Winston v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
moved to dismiss this case for want of jurisdiction, tinder the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court, which was delivered by
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice. TANEY.
A motion has been made to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction.
It appears that an action was brought by the United States against the plaintiff in error, in the District Court of the United States for the northern district of Mississippi, (the said court having the powers of a Circuit Court,) for the purpose of recovering damages against the plaintiff in error, who was a notary public, for having failed to give notice to the endorsers of a promissory note,-put into his bands for protest, whereby-the United States lost their remedy against them. The nóte was for…
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