COCKE v. HALSEY.


41 U.S. 71 (____)

16 Pet. 71

STEPHEN COCKE, FOR THE USE OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH A. HALSEY AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted to the Court, on a printed argument, by Mr. Cocke, for the plaintiff; and was argued at the bar by Mr. Key, for the defendant.


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause comes before this Court upon a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the southern district of Mississippi.

The statement of the case upon which the questions presented here for decision arise, is, as agreed by the parties upon the record, substantially the following:

On the 24th of March, in the year 1838, James Carter and...

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