Jonathan W. Nesmith v. Thomas C. Sheldon

47 U.S. 41

6 How. 41

12 L.Ed. 335

JONATHAN W. NESMITH AND THOMAS NESMITH, COMPLAINANTS,

v.

THOMAS C. SHELDON, HORACE H. COMSTOCK, DAVID FRENCH,

WILLIAM E. PETERS, JAMES FORTON, ATLA E. MATHER, HENRY

B. HOLBROOK, SAMUEL P. MEAD, FRANCIS E. ELDRED, PHCEBE

ANN DEAN, CULLEN BROWN, AND CHARLES H. STEWART,

DEFENDANTS.

January Term, 1848

THIS case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof.

The facts were briefly these.

The second section of the 12th article of the Constitution of Michigan is in these words,…