Sheppard v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
This cause was brought up by writ of error from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Iowa. It was an action commenced in the District Court of Scott county, in .the Territory of Iowa, by Wilson against Sheppard and others, for a breach of a contract for hiring a steamboat. It is not necessary to state the facts in the case, of any other circumstances than those upon which the decision of this court turned.
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This cause was brought up by writ of error from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Iowa. It was an action commenced in the District Court of Scott county, in .the Territory of Iowa, by Wilson against Sheppard and others, for a breach of a contract for hiring a steamboat. It is not necessary to state the facts in the case, of any other circumstances than those upon which the decision of this court turned. On the 7th of October, 1841, the cause came on for trial in the District Court of Scott county, when the jury found- a verdict for the plaintiff; and assessed his damages at $ 1,837.50. A…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice GRIER
delivered the opinion of the court.
When this case was before this court at the last term, on a motion to dismiss the writ of error (see 5 Howard, 211), one of the reasons urged was, — “ That, Iowa having been admitted into the Unión as a State since the writ of error was brought, the act of 1838, regulating its judicial proceedings as a Terri- . tory, is necessarily abrogated and repealed ; and consequently there is no law in force authorizing this court to reexamine and affirm or reverse a judgment rendered by the Supreme Court of the Territory, or giving this court any…
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