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MATHESON ET AL v. THE BRANCH BANK OF MOBILE

48 U.S. 260 (1849)

7 How. 260

MARIA MATHESON, JOHN DARRINGTON, ROBERT D. JAMES, BILLUPS GAYLE, JOHN GAYLE, AND EDWARD M. WARE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE BRANCH OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AT MOBILE, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Inge, counsel for the defendants in error, moved to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction, apparent upon the record, which motion was resisted by Mr. Gayle, counsel for the plaintiffs in error.

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

The record in this case is a very brief one. It states that a certificate was filed in the clerk's office of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama, from the clerk of the Circuit Court for Mobile county, setting forth that a judgment had been obtained in that court by the bank against the plaintiffs in error for the sum of $10,573.82 and costs, from which judgment they had presented a writ of error to...

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