Carter v. Bennett
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. The case is- set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case comes before us upon a writ of error directed to the Supreme Court of the State of Florida; and a motion has been made.to dismiss it for want of jurisdiction.
The suit was brought by Bennett, the defendant in error, against Carter, the plaintiff iff error, in December, 1842, while Florida was yet a territory,- and was continued.from term to term; until she- was admitted into the Union as a. State. The action was trover for certain property. The declaration was in the usual form, and the defendant .pleaded the general issue of not guilty. After Florida became a State, and…
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