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Ex Parte Sibbald v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 10, 1838PublishedCited by 306 opinions

moved to reform the mandate issued by the Court, in this .case, at' January, term, 1836, so as to conform the same to the opinion given by the Court at that time; or to issue a 'mandáte to the surveyor general of the district ,of East. Florida, to'do those acts and things which he is commanded to do by the judgment of this Court, - and which are enjoined on him by law.

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moved to reform the mandate issued by the Court, in this .case, at' January, term, 1836, so as to conform the same to the opinion given by the Court at that time; or to issue a 'mandáte to the surveyor general of the district ,of East. Florida, to'do those acts and things which he is commanded to do by the judgment of this Court, - and which are enjoined on him by law. He cited 10 Peters, 313; 3 StorV’s Laws U. S', 1962; ! 9 Peters, ,171; 10 Peters,-100. . . Tfhe petition on which the motion was,made, stated: . That at January term, 1836,- of the Supreme Court of the United States, the- case…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin

delivered .the opinion'of the Court:

The matter of the original and supplemental petition of the'party is founded, on a final decree of this Court in the case of the United States v. Charles F. Sibbald, which is reported in the 10th vol. Peters’ Reports at large, in p. 313, 325; in which latter page will be found the • final decree and mandate therein made; the substance whereof js fully set out in the petitions now before us.

Before we proceed to consider the matter presented by these petitions, w.e think proper to state our settled opinion of the course which is prescribed by the law for this…

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