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EX PARTE POULTNEY v. THE CITY OF LA FAYETTE ET AL.

37 U.S. 472 (1838)

12 Pet. 472

EX PARTE EMILY T. AND MATILDA POULTNEY, COMPLAINANTS v. THE CITY OF LA FAYETTE, SHIELDS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court:

This case comes before us upon a motion on the part of the complainants, for a rule upon the judges of the circuit court for the eastern district of Louisiana, to show cause why a mandamus, in the nature of a writ of procedendo, should not issue from this Court; commanding the circuit court to "remand this suit to the rule docket of the court, so that the complainants...

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