Perkins v. Fourniquet
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Ciicuit Court of the ■ United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The case, in some of its branches, had been before the court ■ three times before.
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This was an appeal from the Ciicuit Court of the ■ United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. The case, in some of its branches, had been before the court ■ three times before. A motion to .dismiss a cáse between the same parties, at- January'term, 1848, is reported in 6 Howard, 206. It came up again at January term, 1849, and is reported in 7 Howard, 160. Again, at December term, 1851, a dispute, growing out of the. same matters, was before this court,' and-the judgment of the court below affirmed by a divided court. Consequently, it was not reported; but the mandate, which was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Mississippi, thé District Judge presiding.
The suit was brought in the Vice-Chancery Court of Mississippi, and was transferred to the Circuit .Court, upon the application of the respondent, under the 12th section of the act of - September 24th, 1789, to establish the judicial courts of the United States.
Harriet J. Fourniquet and Anne M. Ewing are the stepdaughters of the respondent, from his intermarriage with their mother, Mary Bynum. She was the widow of their father, Benjamin Bynum.
The object of the suit was…
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- In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bissell Carpet-Sweeper Co. v. Goshen Sweeper Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Edward P. Fourniquet and Wife, and Martin W. Ewing and Wife v. John PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Clarke v. Hot Springs Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- Richmond v. AtwoodCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1892
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