Miller v. Nicholls
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. The case agreed in the Court below, stated, that William Nicholls, collector, &.c. being indebted to the United States of America, on the 9th of June, 1798, executed a mortgage to Henry Miller, for the use. of the United States, in the sum of 59,444 dollars, conditioned for the payment of 29,271 dollars, payable, 9,757 dollars on or before the 1st of January, 1799 ; 9,757 dollars on or before the. 9th.of June, 1799 ;…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. The case agreed in the Court below, stated, that William Nicholls, collector, &.c. being indebted to the United States of America, on the 9th of June, 1798, executed a mortgage to Henry Miller, for the use. of the United States, in the sum of 59,444 dollars, conditioned for the payment of 29,271 dollars, payable, 9,757 dollars on or before the 1st of January, 1799 ; 9,757 dollars on or before the. 9th.of June, 1799 ; and 9,757 dollars on or before the 9th of September, 1799. A sCire facias was issued upon the said mortgage, returnable…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
The question decided in the Supreme Court for the State of Pennsylvania respected only the construction of a law of that State. It does not appear, from the record, that either the constitutionality of the law of Pennsylvania, or any act of Congress was drawn into question.
It would not be required, that' the record should, in terms, state a misconstruction of an act of Congress, or that an. act of Congress was drawn into question. It would have been sufficient to give this. Court jurisdiction of the cause, that the record should sho;w that an act of Congress was applicable to the. case. That…
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- Miller, for the Use of the United States v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819