Reynolds v. Douglass
Supreme Court of the United States
IN’ error to the district court óf the United States for the district of Mississippi. This case was before the Court at January term, 1833, on a writ of error .prosecuted by'the plaintiffs in the court below; and was then remanded to the district'court of Mississippi, with directions to issué a. venire facias de novo,. 7 Peters, 113. The facts of the case are fully statéd in the case reported j'n 1833.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice M‘Lean
delivered the Opinion of the Court:
This case is brought before this Court by a writ of error to the •district court of Mississippi. ■
The action is founded bn the. following guaranty:
Port' Gibson, 21th December.11827.
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