WOOD v. THE UNITED STATES


41 U.S. 342 (____)

16 Pet. 342

THOMAS WOOD, JUNIOR, CLAIMANT OF TWENTY-TWO PACKAGES OR PIECES OF CLOTH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted to the Court by Mr. Meredith and Mr. Crittenden, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Legaré, the attorney-general, and Mr. Cadwalader, for the United States; the counsel for the parties furnished printed arguments to the Court.


Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the district of Maryland, affirming, pro formâ, a judgment of the District Court of the same district.

The original suit was a libel of information, in rem, upon a seizure, upon land, in the said district, of twenty pieces of cloths imported into the United States, and alleged to be forfeited...

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