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BOWMAN ET AL. v. WATHEN ET AL.

42 U.S. 189 (____)

1 How. 189

ISAAC S. BOWMAN AND GEORGE W.S. BOWMAN, ____ BRINKER AND MARY, HIS WIFE, FORMERLY MARY BOWMAN, AND REBECCA BOWMAN, BY SAID ISAAC S. AND GEORGE W.S. BOWMAN, THEIR NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID MARY AND REBECCA BEING INFANTS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, AND ALBERT T. BURNLEY, APPELLANTS, v. ATHANASIUS WATHEN, AND THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crittenden and Test, for the appellants.

Berrien and Legaré, attorney-general, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the seventh circuit and district of Indiana. The complainants in the Circuit Court, the appellants here, filed their bill in the year 1840. It is alleged and shown, that with the exception of Albert T. Burnley, who is a citizen of Kentucky, the complainants are citizens of Virginia, and heirs...

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