Hampton v. Rouse
Supreme Court of the United States
Hampton v. Rouse, 80 U.S. 187 (1872)
20 L. Ed. 593; 13 Wall. 187; 1871 U.S. LEXIS 1328
Hampton v. Rouse
Opinion
It has often been held that in a writ of error to a joint judgment against several, all must join; and that the omission of one or more, without such proceeding, is an irregularity for which the writ will be dismissed. † The motion in the present case must, therefore, be
Granted.
†
Williams v. Bank of the United States, 11 Wheaton, 414; Owings v. Kincannon, 7 Peters, 399; The Protector, 11 Wallace, 82.
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- In a writ of error to a joint judgment against several, all must join. The omission of one or more is an irregularity for which the writ will be dismissed; a matter often held.