Legal Opinion

Stewart v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1855PublishedCited by 120 opinions

This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. There was a-n agreed statement of facts in the record, which is transcribed in the opinion of the court, and therefore it is unnecessary to recite it here. Stewart was sued in 1835, and voluntarily appeared. From that time to 1850, the cause was regularly continued upon the docket.

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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, holden in and for the county of Washington. There was a-n agreed statement of facts in the record, which is transcribed in the opinion of the court, and therefore it is unnecessary to recite it here. Stewart was sued in 1835, and voluntarily appeared. From that time to 1850, the cause was regularly continued upon the docket. Under the instructions of the court, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, for $638.81, with interest from the 13th of January, 1833. Stewart…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel

This case comes before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit'court of the.Upited States, for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, in favor of the defendants in error, against the plaintiff, as collector of the revenue for the district of Michilimackinac. The jury, upon the trial in the circuit court, rendered a verdict for the defendants in error, for the sum of- $638.81, with interest thereon from the 13th day of January,. 1833; and for this amount the court, at its October term, 1852, gave judgment.

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2Cited by120 opinions

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  5. Rank v. (Krug) United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1956

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