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President of the Bank of the Metropolis v. President of the New England Bank

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1848PublishedCited by 55 opinions

This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington. It was the same case which was before this court at January term, 1843, and is reported in 1 Howard, 234. It is unnecessary, therefore, to state again the facts of the case which existed prior to that report.

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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington. It was the same case which was before this court at January term, 1843, and is reported in 1 Howard, 234. It is unnecessary, therefore, to state again the facts of the case which existed prior to that report. The Supreme Court having .reversed the.judgment of the Circuit Court, and directed it to award a venire facias de novo, the cause came up again for trial in the Circuit Court, at March term, 1844. The result of the second trial was a…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney

This case was before the court at January term, 1-843, and is reported in 1 Howard, 234. The judgment of the Circuit Court was then reversed,, and the case remanded, with directions to award'a venire facias de novo.

Upon the second trial some additional testimony appears to have been offered, and two instructions given by the court to the jury, one upon the prayer of the defendant, the other upon the prayer of the plaintiff, to the last of which the defendant, who is now the plaintiff in error, excepted ,• and the judgment of the Circuit Court being against him, he has again brought the case…

2Cited by55 opinions

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