Smith v. Turner
Supreme Court of the United States
These were kindred cases, and were, argued together. They were both brought up to this court by writs of. error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act; the case of Smith v. Turner being brought from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and. Correction of Errors of the State of New York, and the case of Norris v. The City of Boston from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
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These were kindred cases, and were, argued together. They were both brought up to this court by writs of. error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act; the case of Smith v. Turner being brought from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and. Correction of Errors of the State of New York, and the case of Norris v. The City of Boston from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The opinions of. the justices of this court connect the two cases so closely, that the same course will be pursued in reporting them which was adopted in the License Cases. . Many of the…
1Opinion of the Court
48 U.S. 283 (1849)
7 How. 283
GEORGE SMITH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
v.
WILLIAM TURNER, HEALTH-COMMISSIONER OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK.
JAMES NORRIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
v.
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case of Smith v. Turner was argued at December term, 1845, by Mr. Webster and Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Willis Hall and Mr. John Van Buren, for the defendant in error.
Mr. J. Prescott Hall, for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Justice McLEAN.
SMITH v. TURNER.
Under the general denomination of health laws in New York, and by the seventh section of an act relating to…
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