MASTERSON v. HERNDON


77 U.S. 416 (1870)

10 Wall. 416

MASTERSON v. HERNDON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for the appellees.

Mr. W.W. Boyce, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER, after stating that a careful examination of the record satisfied the court that the decree was a joint decree, and that the appeal was clearly taken by Herndon alone, delivered its opinion as follows:

It is the established doctrine of this court that in cases at law, where the judgment is joint, all the parties against whom it is rendered must join in the writ of error; and in chancery cases, all the parties...

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