Ross Ex Rel. Pratt v. Prentiss
Supreme Court of the United States
to dismiss the- ease for want of jurisdiction, under- the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court, which was delivered by
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
It. appears from the record in this ca'sejhat a bill in chancery was filed in the Circuit Court for the district of Illinois, by the appellant against the appellee, who .was the marshal for that district, stating among other things that the United States had recovered a judgment in,the District Court for the district of Illinois, against one John S. C. Hagan and. Gholson Kirehenal, for the sum of $600 damages, and $35 .25 cents'costs, upon which an execution had been issued, directed to,the said'marshal, who had levied it upon-a certain lot of ■land and premises described in the bill, upon…
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