McLaughlin v. Swann
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 Maryland. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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. This case was brought up by writ of error from the circuit court of the United States, for the District of Maryland. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The instructions given by the circuit court to the jury, and which were excepted to by the plaintiff, were as follows:— And the court directed the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, and their verdict must be for the defendants: ■ 1. Because' the rights of the parties claiming as céstui que trusts, under the deed of April 15, 1840, and the rights of those claiming an interest in the surplus after the cestui que…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
delivered the opinion of the court. •
This is a writ.of error to the circuit court of the United' States for the district of Maryland.
The plaintiff in error having recovered a judgment in' that court against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, sued out a ;writ of foreign attachment against the lands- and tenements, goods, chattels, and credits of that company, and on the 4th day of June, 1841, it was laid in the hands of James Swann and John S. Gittings. The garnishees having appeared and answered certain interrogatories, pleaded that at the time of laying the attachment they had not any…
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