United States v. TRIGG, ADMINISTRATOR
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Butler, Attorney-general, moved the Court for a rule on the dis-. trict judge of the'United States for .the-district of Missouri, to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be issued, • commanding him to order an execution to issue on the judgment of the said district court in this case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
A motion has been made in this case by the attorney-general of the United .States, for a rule on the judge of the district court of the United States, for the Missouri district, to show cause why a mandamus should'not issue from this Court, commanding him to order an-execution to issue on the judgment entered in that court in the case of the Postmaster General v. Trigg, administrator, &c.
The motion is founded upon an attested copy o.f the record of the proceedings in the district court, by which it appears that at Septem ber term, 1834, the postmaster general recovered in the said court a…
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