Gaines v. Relf
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of- the United States, for the Eastern District of Louisiana. A bill of complaint was originally filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and was afterwards transferred to the Circuit Court for the same District. Subpoenas were issued on the 1st of August, 1836, with a copy of the bill, to each and all thé defendants, about fifty in, number.
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ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of- the United States, for the Eastern District of Louisiana. A bill of complaint was originally filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and was afterwards transferred to the Circuit Court for the same District. Subpoenas were issued on the 1st of August, 1836, with a copy of the bill, to each and all thé defendants, about fifty in, number. Service of this process was made by the marshal, on twenty-seven of the defendants, and amongst them, on Richard Relf. W. W. Whitney, one of the plaintiffs,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up from the Circuit Court of the United States,'for the Eastern District of Louisiana, upon a Certificate of division of opinion upon the following points
1'. Does chancery practice prevail, and should it be extended to litigants in this Court, and in this cause ?
2. Should or not the said order of the 9th of March, 1837, be annulled and vacated ?
3. Should or not the cause be placed upon a rule docket, and the complainants be permitted to proceed according to the chan eery practice'; and the defendants be required to answer withoutoyer of. the documents prayed' for, or a service…
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