Legal Opinion
Potter v. Gardner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1831PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
30 U.S. 718 (____)
5 Pet. 718
ELISHA R. POTTER, APPELLANT
vs.
HANNAH GARDNER AND OTHERS.
Supreme Court of United States.
The cause was argued by Mr Pearce, for the appellants; and by Mr Bridgham and Mr Webster, for the appellees.
2Opinion of the Court · M'LeanJustice M'Lean
This is a suit in chancery, brought by Potter, the appellant, from a decree of the circuit court in Rhode Island.
The controversy arises out of the following decree of this court, between the same parties, in 1827; and reported in 12 Wheat. 498.
"On consideration whereof, this court is of opinion, that there is error in so much of the decree of the circuit court, as subjects…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- Inglee v. CoolidgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Reed v. ReedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
- McIver v. WattlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Potter v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Brown v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
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4Cited by17 opinions
- Dr. Joseph T. Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Fairmont Creamery Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Boone v. ChilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- McGuire v. WooldridgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. SpillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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