Legal Opinion

Beckwith v. Bean

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1879No. 39Published

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Vermont.

1Opinion of the Court 1

98 U.S. 266 (____)

BECKWITH

v.

BEAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

The case was argued by The Attorney-General and The Solicitor-General for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. E.J. Phelps for the defendant in error.

2Opinion of the Court · HarlanJustice Harlan

This is an action by Andrew J. Bean against Beckwith and Henry, plaintiffs in error, for assault and battery and false imprisonment. It was commenced in the year 1865, in the County Court of Orange County, Vermont, and was thence removed for trial into the Circuit Court of the United States for that district. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and also filed several special pleas. At…

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3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Somerville's Executors v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Lincoln v. ClaflinSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  3. Beaver v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Very v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  5. Beckwith v. BeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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