PORTER ET AL. v. FOLEY


62 U.S. 393 (1858)

21 How. 393

JAMES D. PORTER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BUSHROD W. FOLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


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

The writ of error in this case was issued on the 27th day of December last, and made returnable on the third Monday in January, and the defendant in error cited to appear on that day.

It has already been decided at the present term, in the case of Insurance Co. of the Valley of Virginia v. Mordecai, that such a writ of error cannot be supported, and does not...

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