Legal Opinion

Clark v. Hackett

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1862PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This,was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States..for the district of New Hampshire, brought up, filed and docketed in tliis court to December term, 1859. On the 3d of January, 1862, the cause being No. 67 on the docket of the present term, ■ -

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice NELSON... This bill was filed by the complainant, Clark, against Hackett, the defendant, to set aside a deeree of the Circuit Court of the United States of the District of Columbia, and also of this court affirming that decree, on the ground that they -were procured by the -fraud of the parties, and of the complainant’s solicitor and counsel. The suit in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia was instituted by Benjamin C. Clark, a judgment creditor of the present complainant, for himself and other creditors, claiming a fund in the hands of the treasury of the United States,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1855

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Glenny v. LangdonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. González v. San Juan Light & Transit Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1911
  3. Stearns v. The United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  4. González v. San Juan Light & Transit Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1911

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