VAN BUREN v. DIGGES


52 U.S. 461 (____)

11 How. 461

WILLIAM H. VAN BUREN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. DIGGES, USE OF JOSEPH LIBBEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. May, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Bradley, for the defendant in error.

Mr. May, for the plaintiff in error, contended that the Circuit Court had erred.


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, in a form of proceeding practised in the court of Washington, instituted a suit in the nature of an action of assumpsit against the plaintiff, upon a contract in writing for building a house. The contract between these parties, which is drawn out in much minuteness of detail, it is not deemed necessary to set forth here in extenso in order to a...

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