WHITE ET AL. v. WRIGHT ET AL.


63 U.S. 19 (1859)

22 How. 19

J.J.B. WHITE (DEFENDANT) AND GILBERT S. HAWKINS AND PETER J. COCKBURN, COMPOSING THE FIRM OF OAKEY, HAWKINS, & CO., AND MRS. W.C.W. FAUST, WIDOW, AND MRS. REBECCA J. WHITE, AIDED AND ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND, J.J.B. WHITE, (INTERVENORS,) PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WRIGHT, WILLIAMS, & CO.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin moved to dismiss the writ of error, because this case is not one in which this court has jurisdiction to revise the decision of the Supreme Court of Louisiana under the twenty-fifth section.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana.

The defendant in error, by his counsel, J.P. Benjamin, Esq., moves the court that the writ of error issued in this cause be dismissed, for the reason that this case is not one in which the court has jurisdiction to revise the decision of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

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