Bradshaw v. Stott
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment on verdict in an action of ejectment. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows : This is the second time this case has been before us on appeal taken by the defendant, Aaron Bradshaw. On the first, the judgment was reversed, with some reluctance, because of a technical defect in the charge of the court.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a judgment on verdict in an action of ejectment. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows : This is the second time this case has been before us on appeal taken by the defendant, Aaron Bradshaw. On the first, the judgment was reversed, with some reluctance, because of a technical defect in the charge of the court. The plaintiff, Charles G. Stott, claiming under color of title made perfect by adverse possession, made out a very strong case ; but we were constrained to reverse the judgment in his favor, because the charge of the court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The postponement or continuance of a cause, in the courts of the United States, when at issue and regularly called for trial, has, like the allowance or refusal of amendments, or the granting or refusing of new trials, been generally regarded as a matter addressed peculiarly to the sound discretion of the trial court, the decision in which is not subject to review in the appellate court. Indeed it has been expressly held that error cannot be assigned upon the refusal to continue a cause. Wood v. Young, 4 Cranch, 237; Barrow v. Hill, 13 How. 54; Thompson v. Seldon, 20 How. 195, 198 ; Wright v.…
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- Means v. Bank of RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Woods v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1808
- Wright v. the Lessee of HollingsworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- Robert R. Barrow, in Error v. Nathaniel B. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
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