Smith v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division, from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania. At April session 1814, an action of ejectment was commenced by the plaintiff in the circuit court of Pennsylvania ; and after various preparatory proceedings, on the 15th of October 1821, a jury having been empannelled; by agreement of the opposite parties, the term laid in the declaration was enlarged toseventeen years: and' on the 17th of October 1821, the jury found…
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ON a certificate of division, from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania. At April session 1814, an action of ejectment was commenced by the plaintiff in the circuit court of Pennsylvania ; and after various preparatory proceedings, on the 15th of October 1821, a jury having been empannelled; by agreement of the opposite parties, the term laid in the declaration was enlarged toseventeen years: and' on the 17th of October 1821, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against Vaughan and others; on which judgment nisi was entered. At October sessions 1826, a…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court ordered it to be certified to the circuit court, as the-opinion of the court: that it cannot take cognizance of the question certified, the cause being one resting entirely in the discretion of the circuit court, and therefore clearly not within the act of congress of the 29th of April 1802,
2Cited by1 opinion
- Richard Smith, Lessee of John Lanning v. John VaughanSupreme Court of the United States · 1836