Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a Writ of Error, directed to the Circuit Court for the District of New-Hampshire. The case was argued from the 6th to the 17th of February ; the Attorney General of the United States, (Bradford) and Ingersoll, being Counsel for the Plaintiffs in error ; and Dexter, Tilghman and Lewis, being Counsel for the Defendants in error.
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THIS was a Writ of Error, directed to the Circuit Court for the District of New-Hampshire. The case was argued from the 6th to the 17th of February ; the Attorney General of the United States, (Bradford) and Ingersoll, being Counsel for the Plaintiffs in error ; and Dexter, Tilghman and Lewis, being Counsel for the Defendants in error. The Case, reduced to an historical narrative, by Judge Paterson, in delivering his opinion, exhibits these features : “ This cause has been much obscured by the irregularity of the pleadings, which present a medley of procedure, partly according to the common,…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, Justice.
When this cause came before me, at Exeter, in New Hampshire, I felt myself in a delicate situation, in having a cause of such magnitude, and at the same time, of such novelty and difficulty, as to have drawn the judgment of men of eminence, different ways, brought before me for my single decision. It was, however, a consolation to know, that whatever that decision might be, it was not intended to be final, and I can truly say, it will give me pleasure to have any errors I may have committed, corrected in this court. Two points, and if I mistake not, only two, were brought…
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