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FITZGERALD v. CALDWELL'S EXECUTORS

4 U.S. 251 (____)

4 Dall. 251

Fitzgerald versus Caldwell's Executors.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Tilghman, Lewis, and Dallas, for the plaintiff.

Ingersoll, and M'Kean, for the defendants.

SHIPPEN, Chief Justice.

We have neither the power, nor the inclination, to impair the judgment of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, by asserting a contrary opinion, in point of law; nor by admitting evidence to undermine its authority with the jury. The judgment of January 1791, with all its legal incidents, can only now be affected, by proof of actual payment and satisfaction. As to the principal sum for which the judgment is affirmed (5009l. 5s. 1d.) there must...

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