Supreme Court of the United States, 1871

The Patapsco

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 18, 1871

79 U.S. 451; 20 L. Ed. 457; 12 Wall. 451; 1870 U.S. LEXIS 1217 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Donohue, contra.

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

Fields v. Hobn (Tenn. 1916)
Hale v. Grogan (Ky. Ct. App. 1899)
Massachusetts Benefit Assn. v. Miles (Supreme Court of the United States 1891)
Keller v. Ashford (Supreme Court of the United States 1890)
District of Columbia v. Gannon (Supreme Court of the United States 1889)
Zeckendorf v. Johnson (Supreme Court of the United States 1887)
New York Elevated Railroad v. Fifth National Bank (Supreme Court of the United States 1886)

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Opinion

The CHIEF JUSTICE:

The decree of the Circuit Court was for the amount reported due the libellant on the 15th July, 1868, $1982, and interest from the date of the report. We think that interest to the date of the decree must be computed as a part of the sum for which the decree was rendered. The sum thus, computed exceeds $2000, and the motion must, therefore, be

Denied.

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