HOPKINS v. LEE


19 U.S. 109 (1821)

6 Wheat. 109

HOPKINS v. LEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 12, 1821.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Jones and Mr. Lee, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice LIVINGSTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The first question which this Court has to consider is, whether the proceedings in Chancery were properly admitted in evidence in the Court below.

It is not denied, as a general rule, that a fact which has been directly tried, and decided by a Court of competent jurisdiction, cannot be contested again between the same parties, in the same or any other Court...

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