ESTHO ET AL. v. LEAR


32 U.S. 130 (____)

7 Pet. 130

HYPPOLITUS JOSEPH AUGUSTINE ESTHO ET AL. v. BENJAMIN L. LEAR, ADMINISTRATOR OF THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Swann and Mr Sampson, for the appellants; and by Mr Wirt and Mr Dandridge, for the appellees.


Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellants had filed their bill in the court of the United States for the county of Washington, alleging themselves to be the distributees and next of kin of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, deceased, who departed this life intestate, as they allege, with respect to personal property in the United States. The bill charges that Thaddeus Kosciuszko, being about to leave America, deposited with Mr Jefferson a paper...

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