MANDEVILLE ET AL. v. BURT ET AL.


33 U.S. 256 (____)

8 Pet. 256

JOSEPH MANDEVILLE AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. RODERICK BURT, COMPLAINANT. SAME APPELLANTS v. J. AND W. SOUTHGATE, COMPLAINANTS. SAME APPELLANTS v. WILLIAM NEALE, ADMINISTRATOR OF FRANCIS KEENE, COMPLAINANT. SAME APPELLANTS v. ALEXANDER SANGSTON, COMPLAINANT. SAME APPELLANTS v. JOHN AND REUBEN WITHERS, COMPLAINANTS. SAME APPELLANTS v. THOMSON MASON, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

These cases were submitted to the court by Mr Lee, for the appellants; no counsel appeared for the appellees.


Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree pronounced by the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, sitting in chancery, for the county of Alexandria.

A subpœna, which was regularly issued, was served on some of the defendants; after which the record states, that the complainant appeared by his attorney, and filed his bill, which was...

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