Robert R. Barrow, in Error v. Nathaniel B. Hill
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 Eastern District of Louisiana. Hill was a citizen of South- Carolina, and sold two slaves to Barrow, a citizen' of Louisiana. Barrow gave his note for $2,000, dated 12th of February, 1848, payable twelve months after date. "When due, it was protested. Hill then filed his petition in the Circuit Court of the United States.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Hill was a citizen of South- Carolina, and sold two slaves to Barrow, a citizen' of Louisiana. Barrow gave his note for $2,000, dated 12th of February, 1848, payable twelve months after date. "When due, it was protested. Hill then filed his petition in the Circuit Court of the United States. Barrow’s answer admitted the execution of the note, but alleged that the negroes were unsound. In April, 1850, the cause came on for trial. . The counsel for the defendant moved…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought up by a writ of error, directed to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
No counsel has appeared in this court for the plaintiff in error. The case ha's been calléd in its regular order for argument, and thereupon the counsel for the defendant has, under the 19th rule of the court, opened the record and argued the case, and prays an affirmance- of the judgment, with ten per cent, damages, on the ground that the writ of error was issued merely for delay.
Upon looking into the record, it appears that two exceptions were taken in the…
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