Ex Parte Duncan N. Hennen
Supreme Court of the United States
AT the August term, 1838, of the-Court, Duncan N. Hennen filed a petition for a mandamus to "the Honourable Philip K. Lawrence, judge of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, requiring the said judge to restore Duncan N: Hennen-to the office of clerk of, the District Court. Coxe, of counsel for the petitioner, filed' and read the petition which was addressed to the.
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AT the August term, 1838, of the-Court, Duncan N. Hennen filed a petition for a mandamus to "the Honourable Philip K. Lawrence, judge of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, requiring the said judge to restore Duncan N: Hennen-to the office of clerk of, the District Court. Coxe, of counsel for the petitioner, filed' and read the petition which was addressed to the. Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court; setting forth that on the 21st day of February, 1834, the petitioner was appointed clerk of the District Court of the United…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Tañey
delivered the following opinion, on the motion of Mr. Gilpin :
At the August term of the Supreme Court, held by the Chief Justice or Judge for the fourth circuit, according to the act of Congress of 1802, a motion was made for a rule on the judge of the District Court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana, to 'show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding the said judge to restore Duncan. N. Hennen to the office of clerk of the said District-Court.
It appeared from the depositions and other evidence laid before the Court at that term, that…
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