Roberts v. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan. It will be seen, by .reference to 18 Howard, that this court, at the last term, in a case between these same parties, decided in favor of Cooper’s title to a tract of land in Michigan. In order to recover a part of the tract which was not included in the former suit, Cooper brought an ejectment against Roberts, and obtained a judgment against him.
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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 Michigan. It will be seen, by .reference to 18 Howard, that this court, at the last term, in a case between these same parties, decided in favor of Cooper’s title to a tract of land in Michigan. In order to recover a part of the tract which was not included in the former suit, Cooper brought an ejectment against Roberts, and obtained a judgment against him. Roberts then brought the case up to this court by writ of error. But in consequence of its being so low upon the docket as not to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
In this case, Roberts, who is the plaintiff in error, on the allowance of the writ of error, gave security in the. sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he .would prosecute his writ to effect, and answer all damages and costs if he failed to make his plea good. Cooper now declares that the bond for one thousand dollars is not sufficient to answer, .all the damages and costs, if Roberts should fail to prosecute his writ to effect, and refers to an affidavit filed by him as the basis of this motion to show that fact.
Mr. Yinton, counsel of Cooper, now moves the court for an order…
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