McLaughlin v. Bank of Potomac
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and Coiinty of Alexandria, sitting as a court of chancery. The bill ws filed in fhe Circuit Court by. the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank -of Potomac, Elijah Dallett and Elijah Dallett-, Jr., trading under the firm of Elijah Dallett Co., William H. Miller, and A. C. Cazenove & Co., who sue in behalf of themselves and such other creditors of the estate of'Edward.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and Coiinty of Alexandria, sitting as a court of chancery. The bill ws filed in fhe Circuit Court by. the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank -of Potomac, Elijah Dallett and Elijah Dallett-, Jr., trading under the firm of Elijah Dallett Co., William H. Miller, and A. C. Cazenove & Co., who sue in behalf of themselves and such other creditors of the estate of'Edward. McLaughlin', deceased, as will make themselves parties and contribute to-the expense of this-suit, against Edward Sheehy, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
(He first gave a synopsis of the bill and answers, and then, after some reference to the evidence, proceeded as follows.)
A preliminary point to be considered in this case is in respect to the exceptions made at the trial by a jury of the issue at law, sent from the court of chancery, or the equity side of the Circuit Court of the United States. On the..return of that issue to the equity side of the court, exceptions to the rulings were not made, or renewed against the correctness of the finding of the verdict, and consequently no opinion on them has ever been rendered by the court sitting in…
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