UNITED STATES v. NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD


79 U.S. 362 (____)

12 Wall. 362

UNITED STATES v. NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Carlisle and McPherson, for the appellant:

Mr. B.H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants contend, first, that the court had no authority to make the decision; that the proceeding was wholly irregular, without proper pleadings, and coram non judice. This objection hardly comes with a good grace from the appellants, who all joined in submitting the question to the court. But the jurisdiction was undoubted. A court of equity, in a suit for the...

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