Beers v. Haughton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. On the 14th of June 1830, the plaintiffs, citizens and residents of the state of New York, commenced their action of assumpsit in the United States circiiit court, for t.he district of Ohio, against Joseph Harris and Cornelius V. Harris,- of the state of Ohio, and recovered' judgment against them at the December term 1830, for 2846 dollars and 56 cents.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ohio. On the 14th of June 1830, the plaintiffs, citizens and residents of the state of New York, commenced their action of assumpsit in the United States circiiit court, for t.he district of Ohio, against Joseph Harris and Cornelius V. Harris,- of the state of Ohio, and recovered' judgment against them at the December term 1830, for 2846 dollars and 56 cents. In this action against the Harris’s, the present defendant, Haughton* became their special bail. ■On the 12th day of October 1831, a writ of capias ad satis-faciendum…
1Opinion of the Court 1
34 U.S. 329 (____)
9 Pet. 329
JOSEPH D. BEERS, WILLIAM L. BOOTH AND ISAAC R. ST JOHN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR
v.
RICHARD HAUGHTON.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was submitted to the court on printed arguments, by Mr Elisha W. Chester, Mr D.J. Caswell, and Mr Henry Star, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Charles Fox, for the defendant.
Mr FOX, for the defendant.
2Opinion of the Court · StoryJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court for the district of Ohio.
The material facts are these. In June 1830, the plaintiffs in error (who are citizens of New York) brought an action of assumpsit in the circuit…
Also in this document: Dissent · Thompson; Dissent · Baldwin.
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