BARTON v. FORSYTH


61 U.S. 532 (____)

20 How. 532

JAMES BARTON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT FORSYTH

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Ballance and Mr. Reverdy Johnson for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Williams for the defendant.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Illinois, to recover a certain lot in the town of Peoria, described in the plaintiff's declaration.

In that suit, Forsyth, the defendant in error, was plaintiff, and Barton, the plaintiff in error, was the defendant; and upon the trial, the judgment of the Circuit Court was in favor of the plaintiff, Forsyth, and...

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