Worthington v. Mason
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action brought by Martha W. Mason against Edward T. Worthington and Isaac M. Worthington, administrators of Elisha Worthington, deceased, to recover for work ■and labor done and services rendered to the intestate. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $12,000, for which there was judgment, and the administrators sued out this writ of error..
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action brought by Martha W. Mason against Edward T. Worthington and Isaac M. Worthington, administrators of Elisha Worthington, deceased, to recover for work ■and labor done and services rendered to the intestate. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $12,000, for which there was judgment, and the administrators sued out this writ of error.. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The errors assigned in this case relate solely to prayers for instructions refused by the court and to exceptions to its charge. The bill of exceptions shows a paper signed by the defendants’ counsel, in which the court is asked to affirm a series “ of propositions of law as governing the case,” seven in number. They were presented as a whole, refused as a whole, and excepted to in the same manner. If any one of them was rightfully rejected no error was committed, because it was not the duty of the court to do any thing more than pass upon the prayer as an entirety. Beaver v. Taylor et al.,…
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