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COVINGTON DRAWBRIDGE COMPANY v. SHEPHERD ET AL.

61 U.S. 227 (____)

20 How. 227

THE COVINGTON DRAWBRIDGE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. ALEXANDER O. SHEPHERD, ELIJAH F. GILLAN, JAMES DAVIDSON, SAMUEL McCLURE SAMUEL PETERS, AND GEORGE WILLARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. O.H. Smith for the plaintiffs in error, and submitted on printed argument by Mr. R.W. Thompson for defendants.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The writ of error in this case is brought upon a judgment recovered by Shepherd and others, against the Covington Drawbridge Company, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Indiana.

The only error assigned here is, that upon the declaration and pleadings in the case, the Circuit Court had no...

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