Young v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The ’Reporters' statement of the ease: The following was the petition of the claimant to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari to be directed to the Court of Claims: To the honorable the Supreme Gourt of the United States: The petition of John Young, assignee and trustee in bankruptcy of Alexander Collie, respectfully shows: That your petitioner is such assignee aud trustee, and is a subject of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, aud resides in…
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The ’Reporters' statement of the ease: The following was the petition of the claimant to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari to be directed to the Court of Claims: To the honorable the Supreme Gourt of the United States: The petition of John Young, assignee and trustee in bankruptcy of Alexander Collie, respectfully shows: That your petitioner is such assignee aud trustee, and is a subject of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, aud resides in the city of London, in said kingdom. That the rights of your petitioner, as such assignee aud trustee, accrued after the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court:
During the pendency of this suit in this court, the Court of Claims, assuming to act under the authority of sec. 1088, Rev. Stat., has granted a new trial, and the United States now ask to dismiss their appeal. This we have often decided they have the right to do. (Latham’s and Deming's Appeals, 9 Wall., 145.) In The United States v. Ayres, (9 Wall., 610,) the motion to dismiss was made by the appellee and resisted by the United States, but it was held “that the order granting the new trial has the effect of vacating the former…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barry v. MerceinSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
- Ex Parte VallandighamSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
- United States v. AyresSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Ex Parte RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Ex Parte: In the Matter of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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