Kendall v. Stokes
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 Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington. The Supreme Court of the United States having affirmed (12 Peters, 524) the decision of the Circuit Court, awarding a mandamus against Amos Kendall, application was made by Stokes,' &c., to Kendall, that the sum of money mentioned in the proceedings should be carried to their credit on the books' of the department.
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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 Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington. The Supreme Court of the United States having affirmed (12 Peters, 524) the decision of the Circuit Court, awarding a mandamus against Amos Kendall, application was made by Stokes,' &c., to Kendall, that the sum of money mentioned in the proceedings should be carried to their credit on the books' of the department. Kendall declined to interfere in the matter, upon the ground that the “ auditor” had change of the books, and that he himself…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered ffie opinion of ffie court.
The record- in this case is very voluminous,, and contains a'great mass of testimony, and' also many incidental questions of law not involving ffie merits of ffie case, which.were raised- and', decided in ffie Circuit Court, and to which exceptions were taken by the plaintiff in error. But. both parties have expressedj their desire-tnat ffie controversy should now be terminated by the judgment of this court; and that ffie leading principles which must ultimately ■ decide the rights' of ffie parties should, now be settled; - and that the case should not be…
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