Legal Opinion

Harris v. Hardeman

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1853PublishedCited by 74 opinions

This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the. United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The facts are stated in the opinion, of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel

The defendants in error moved the Circuit Court.to quash a forthcoming bond, executed by the defendants to the plaintiff; .and to set aside the judgment on which the bond was founded, upon the grounds that the forthcoming bond was taken in execution of a judgment entered against the defendant Hardeman, as by default, when in truth there had been no' service of original or mesne process upon him to warrant such a judgment. The facts and proceedings in this case, as disclosed by the record, are as follow: The plaintiff in error, in March, 1839, instituted in the Circuit Court an action ón a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Starbuck v. MurrayNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  2. Amis v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  3. Smith v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
  4. Holbrook v. MurrayNew York Supreme Court · 1830

3Cited by74 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Simon v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Pettis v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909

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