HILL ET AL. v. THE UNITED STATES ET AL.


50 U.S. 386 (1850)

9 How. 386

WILLIAM J. HILL, DAVID M. PORTER, AND WILLIAM F. WALKER, v. THE UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Johnson (Attorney-General), for the United States.


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges on the following facts and questions certified from that court.

The United States, as the indorsees of the Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company, instituted an action of assumpsit in the court above mentioned...

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