Supreme Court of the United States, 1831

Mayor of New Orleans v. United States

Mayor of New Orleans v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 15, 1831
30 U.S. 449 (United States Reports)

Mayor of New Orleans v. United States

Opinion of the Court

The Court,

upon the principles laid down in Conn v. Penn, 3 Wheat. 424, ordered the decree to be reversed.

In the case of Conn v. Penn the court held, that in appeals from the circuit courts, in chancery cases, the parol testimony which is heard at the trial in the circuit court, ought to appear in the record.

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