Legal Opinion

Nesmith v. Sheldon

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 16, 1849PublishedCited by 17 opinions

This case was formerly before this court, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan. ' Its facts and the reasons for its dismissal will be found in 6 Howard, 41. It now came, up upon the following certificate of division in opinion.

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This case was formerly before this court, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan. ' Its facts and the reasons for its dismissal will be found in 6 Howard, 41. It now came, up upon the following certificate of division in opinion. “ This case having been remanded by the Supreme Courts on the ground that it had not been properly certified on certain points under the act of Congress, and the cause being brought before the court for their consideration and decision, the opinions of the judges are opposed on the following point:…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney

In this case, the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan have certified that the following point arose in this case, upon which the justices were opposed in opinion: —

“ Whether the banking associations organized under the act ■ of the legislature of the State of Michigan, entitled ‘ An act to organize and regulate banking associations,’ approved March 15th, 1837, and the amended act, entitled 1 An act to amend an act, entitled .“ An act to regulate banking associations and for other purposes,” ’ approved December 30th, 1837, were or were not corporations or bodies corporate, within the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Groves v. SlaughterSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
  2. ROWAN v. RunnelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Van Renesselaer v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  3. Charlotte Telecasters, Inc., and North Carolina Cable, Inc., Television Presentations, Inc. v. Jefferson-Pilot CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
  4. Fairfield v. County of GallatinSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  5. Commonwealth v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909

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