Mayberry v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. It was ^originally brought by Mayberry in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. It was ^originally brought by Mayberry in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. Mayberry was a citizen of Mississippi: The action was brought at the May term, 1841, and was an action of trespass to recover damages from Thompson, for forcibly taking, seizing, and carrying away certain goods, wares, and merchandise of the plaintiff, at Warsaw, in Sumter county, Alabama. At the November term, 1842, the cause came on for trial, when…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered the. opinion of the court.
Upon looking into the record, in this case, we find that there was no final judgment in the Circuit Court, and consequeiiUy no writ of error will lie from this court.
It appears that the -plaintiff in error brdught an action of trespass against the defendant, in-the District Court for the. Middle District of Alabama, for taking and carrying away certain goods and .chat-ties alleged. to be the property of the plaintiff, and recovered a judgment for ‡ 3,709.94 and costs-. A bill of exception was -taken by the defendant to the rulings of the court upon several…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Jacob S. Mayberry, in Error v. James H. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1847