Ex Parte Crenshaw
Supreme Court of the United States
AT January term, 1840, the case of Jefferson L. Edmonds et al. appellants, v. Anderson Crenshaw was brought before the Court, on appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Alabama, which had been given in favour of the appellee; in which Court the bill of the complainants, the appellants, was ordered to be dismissed.
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AT January term, 1840, the case of Jefferson L. Edmonds et al. appellants, v. Anderson Crenshaw was brought before the Court, on appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Alabama, which had been given in favour of the appellee; in which Court the bill of the complainants, the appellants, was ordered to be dismissed. The Supreme Court had proceeded to hear and adjudge the case, after argument for the appellants by their counsel, Mr. Key, no counsel having appeared for Mr. Crenshaw, (14 Peters, 166,) and had reversed the decree of the Circuit Court. It was afterwards discovered that a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case was brought here by an appeal from , the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Alabama. . It was argued at the last term, on the part of the appellants $ and the decree of- the Circuit Court reversed. The argument and decision are reported in 14 Peters, 166.
Anderson Crenshaw, against whom the judgment of this Court was given, never appeared to the appeal; but the argument was heard in behalf of the appellants, and the decree of the Circuit Court reversed, under the belief that a citation had been regularly issued, and served upon him. It now appears, that an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edmonds v. CrenshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
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