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MITCHELL v. LENOX ET AL.

39 U.S. 49 (1840)

14 Pet. 49

JOHN S. MITCHELL, EXECUTOR AND DEVISEE OF ANDREW MITCHELL DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, vs. ROBERT LENOX AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Crittenden moved to dismiss this writ of error on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction.

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

This case is brought here by a writ of error to revise the decree of the Court for the Correction of Errors for the state of New York.

It appears that a bill was filed in the Chancery Court of New York, by Andrew Mitchell, the plaintiff's testator, against Robert Lenox and others, in order to obtain an account of a certain estate of the complainant, which he alleged that he had assigned and delivered...

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