U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1829

Cannell v. Milburn

Cannell v. Milburn
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided April 15, 1829
3 D.C. 424; 5 F. Cas. 18; 3 Cranch 424
Cannell v. Milburn

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Moesell, J. absent,) overruled the objection, and Cranch, C. J., referred to the case of Ferguson v. Harwood, 7 Cranch, 408, where the Supreme Court held, that if the legal effect of the instrument be the same, whether the words be inserted or not, the variance is immaterial.

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