Williams, Trustee v. Oliver
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Court of Appeals of. Maryland, by a writ of error issued under the 25th Section of the Judiciary Act. It was a branch of the case of Gill v. Oliver’s Executors, reported in 11 Howard, 529, although it differed from that case in some particulars, which will be mentioned. The history of the Baltimore Mexican Company was given in the report of that case, and need not be repeated.
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This case was brought up from the Court of Appeals of. Maryland, by a writ of error issued under the 25th Section of the Judiciary Act. It was a branch of the case of Gill v. Oliver’s Executors, reported in 11 Howard, 529, although it differed from that case in some particulars, which will be mentioned. The history of the Baltimore Mexican Company was given in the report of that case, and need not be repeated. James Williams was the owner of one of the shares of the company, and applied for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of Maryland on the 24th of June, 1819. George Winchester was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This case is not distinguishable from, the case decided at the last term of Gill v. Oliver’s Executors, and which was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
It is reported in 11 How. 529. That case involved the right to the share of Lyde Goodwin as a member of the “ Baltimore Mexican Company” in the fund that had been awarded to the members of that company by the commissioners under the convention of 1839 with Mexico. Gill claimed it as permanent trustee under the insolvent laws of Maryland, the benefit of which Goodwin had obtained in 1817, on the assignment of all his property for the use of…
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- Hudson and Smith v. GuestierSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Brown v. SwannSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Gill v. Oliver's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
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