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CALDWELL v. THE UNITED STATES

49 U.S. 366 (1850)

8 How. 366

EDMUND B. CALDWELL, SURVIVING PARTNER OF JAMES LYND, JR. AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Fallon, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Johnson (Attorney-General), for the United States.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

We shall direct the reversal of the judgment of the Circuit Court in this case, on account of three erroneous instructions which were given to the jury. The prayers upon which those instructions were given are the fifth, sixth, and seventh.

They involve the question, as to the time when the right of forfeiture attaches upon...

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