U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York, 1840

Hadden v. Hoyt

Hadden v. Hoyt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · Decided January 24, 1840 · Betts
11 F. Cas. 147; 2 Hunt Mer. Mag. 343
Hadden v. Hoyt

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT

(BETTS, District Judge)

expressed doubt upon the question; and with the assent of the parties pro forma, charged that the jury were to be governed by the usual and well-known name of the article, and meaning of the words of the law, as understood generally in commerce at the date of the act.

A verdict was rendered for $2.400, and the cause was carried up. by a ’writ of error, to the supreme court of the United States. [Case unreported.]

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