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NUTT v. MINOR

55 U.S. 464 (1852)

14 How. 464

WILLIAM D. NUTT, EXECUTOR OF ALEXANDER HUNTER, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. PHILIP H. MINOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Bradley and Mr. Davis, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Lawrence, with whom was Mr. Carlisle, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

Alexander Hunter was appointed marshal of the District of Columbia in 1834, and continued to fill that office by reappointments, until June, 1848, at which time he died. Shortly after he entered on the duties of his office, in 1834, he appointed Daniel Minor his deputy for the county of Alexandria, where a separate court was held and jurisdiction exercised; and for that county Daniel Minor was practically marshal...

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