Supreme Court of the United States, 1819

M'Iver's Lessee v. Walker

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 15, 1819 · Marshall

17 U.S. 444 (United States Reports)

Counsel

This cause was argued, át the last term, by Mr. Swann and Mr. Campbell, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr Williams, for the defendants in error, and. was re-argued at the present term, by Mr. Sioann for the plaintiffs jn-errof, and by Mr. Jones and Mr., Williams, for the defendants in error.

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Rosales v. Byrne (District Court, D. Nevada 2022)
McIver Lessee v. Walker (Supreme Court of the United States 1819)

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Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Marshall

delivered the opi- March im. nioaof the Court.

*452The Cotirt has re-examined the opinion which it gave5 when this cause was formerly 'before it, and has not perceived any reason for changing that opin¡on< Nor do the new facts introduced into the cause, in any material degree, vary it. if there had been a settled course of decisions in Tennessee upon their local laws, different from the judgment pronounced by this Court, we should not hesitate to follow those decisions. But, upon an examination of the cases cited at the bar, we do not perceive that such is the fact. The judgment of the Circuit Court is, therefore, reversed, and the cause remanded for farther proceedings.

Judgment. — This cause came bn to be heard on the transcript of the record, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is the opinion of this Court, that the Circuit Court erred in the instructions given to the jury: it is, therefore, Adjudged and Ordered, that the judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of East Tennessee, in this - cause, be, and the same is, hereby reversed and annulled. And it is further ordered, that the said cause be remanded to the said Circuit Court for farther proceedings to be had therein, according to law.

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