Henshaw v. Miller
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. Henshaw was a citizen of Massachusetts, and brought an action on the cáse against Charles E. Miller, in his lifetime, for fraudulently recommending one Robinson as worthy of credit, in consequence of which the plaintiff had incurred considerable loss.
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This case came up from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. Henshaw was a citizen of Massachusetts, and brought an action on the cáse against Charles E. Miller, in his lifetime, for fraudulently recommending one Robinson as worthy of credit, in consequence of which the plaintiff had incurred considerable loss. After issue joined upon the plea of not guilty, Miller died, and on motion of the plaintiff a scire facias was issued for the purpose of reviving the suit against John R. Miller,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This, case is brought before this court upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia.
The facts of this case, and the question of law arising thereon, upon which the judges were divided, are shown in the following statement: —
John Henshaw, the plaintiff in the circuit court, instituted in that court an action on the case against Charles E. Miller, to recover of him damages for fraudulently recommending to the plaintiff, by letter, one Porter Robinson as a person worthy of confidence, and thereby…
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