Supreme Court of the United States, 1831

Mayor of New Orleans v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 15, 1831

30 U.S. 449 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Livingston, for the appellants ; Berrien, Attorney-General, for the United States.

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Mayor, &C. of New Orleans v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1831)

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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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