Supreme Court of the United States, 1810

Skillern's Executors v. May's Executors

Skillern's Executors v. May's Executors
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 18, 1810
10 U.S. 267; 3 L. Ed. 220; 6 Cranch 267; 1810 U.S. LEXIS 340 (United States Reports)

Skillern's Executors v. May's Executors

Opinion

This court, after consideration, directed the following opinion to be certified to the court below, viz.

*268 ^ aPPearS that the merits of this canse had been finally decided in this court, and that its mandate required only the execution of its decree, it is the opinion of this court that the circuit court is bound to carry that decree into execution, although the. jurisdiction of that court be not alleged i'n the pleadings.”

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