O'REILLY ET AL. v. MORSE ET AL.


56 U.S. 62 (1853)

15 How. 62

HENRY O'REILLY, EUGENE L. WHITMAN, AND W.F.B. HASTINGS, APPELLANTS, v. SAMUEL F.B. MORSE, ALFRED VAIL, AND FRANCIS O.J. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued in this court by Mr. Gillet and Mr. Chase for the appellants, and Messrs. Campbell and Harding of Philadelphia, and Mr. Gifford of New York for the appellees.


(Mr. Justice Curtis) having been of counsel, did not sit in this cause.

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

In proceeding to pronounce judgment in this case, the court is sensible, not only of its importance, but of the difficulties in some of the questions which it presents for decision. The case was argued at the last term, and continued over by the court for the purpose of giving it a more...

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