LEWIS v. DARLING


57 U.S. 1 (____)

16 How. 1

JOHN H. LEWIS, APPELLANT, v. SARAH DARLING.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Reverdy Johnson, and Mr. Reverdy Johnson, junior, for the appellant, and by Mr. Butler, for the appellee.


Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

We have verified the statement of the pleadings in this case attached to the brief of the counsel for the appellant, by a comparison of it with the record, and shall adopt it for the purpose of giving our judgment upon this appeal.

Upon this statement, the counsel for the appellant urges five grounds for the reversal of the judgment.

1. It is said that the...

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