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Devereaux v. Marr

Devereaux Against Marr

Devereaux v. Marr, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 212 (1827)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
January 17, 1827
Citations
25 U.S. 2126 L. Ed. 60512 Wheat. 2121827 U.S. LEXIS 393
Cited by 18
Headnotes
[Practice.] ‘Phis Court cannot take jurisdiction ot a question, on which the opinions of the judges of the. Circuit Court are opposed, where the division of opinions arises upon some proceeding subsequent to the decision of the cause in that Court.
Summary
IN this case, the judges of the Circuit Court of West Tennessee, after a judgment had been rendered in that Court. divided in opinion upon the question as to the amount of the security bond, to be given by the party applying for a writ of error, whether the amount of the bond ought to be sufficient to cower the whole debt, or only for the costs and increased damages on the party failing to prosecute his writ Of error with effect. Whereupon the division of opinions was certified to this Court, under the 6th section of the Judiciary Act of the 29th April, 1802, ch. 291.

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Opinion

This Court was of opinion, that it had no jurisdiction of the question on which the opinions of the judges of -the Circuit Court were opposed, the division of opinions having arisen after the decision of the cause in that Court. .

Certificate accordingly

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  1. Montauk Bus Co., Inc. v. Utica City School Dist.30 F. Supp. 2d 313 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)
  2. United States v. Stanley J908 F.2d 1312 (7th Cir. 1990)
  3. Brown v. Buchanan419 F. Supp. 199 (E.D. Va. 1975)
  4. Hockett v. State5 N.E. 178 (Ind. 1886)
  5. Opinion of the Justices609 A.2d 1204 (N.H. 1992)
  6. United States v. City of Chicago48 U.S. (7 How.) 185 (1849)

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  1. Montauk Bus Co., Inc. v. Utica City School Dist.30 F. Supp. 2d 313 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)
  2. Joan A.. Kinney v. Connecticut Judicial Department974 F.2d 313 (2d Cir. 1992)
  3. Opinion of the Justices609 A.2d 1204 (N.H. 1992)
  4. United States v. Stanley J908 F.2d 1312 (7th Cir. 1990)
  5. Troy Ltd. v. Renna727 F.2d 287 (3d Cir. 1984)
  6. American Hospital Ass'n v. Schweiker529 F. Supp. 1283 (N.D. Ill. 1982)

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