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OVERTON ET AL. v. CHEEK ET AL.

63 U.S. 46 (1859)

22 How. 46

JOHN OVERTON, ROBERT C. BRINKLEY, ROBERTSON TOPP, AND JAMES JENKINS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. ELIJAH CHEEK AND GEORGE W. CHEEK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Davidge moved to dismiss the writ for the following reasons, which motion was opposed by Mr. Gillet.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This purports to be a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of West Tennessee.

By reference to the transcript, it appears that the judgment of the Circuit Court was rendered the sixteenth of April, 1857. At the ensuing term of the Supreme Court, the transcript was filed.

It appears that a writ of error in the Circuit Court...

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