The judgments of a circuit court can be reviewed only where the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of two thousand dollars. It must have a known and certain value which can be proved and calculated in the ordinary mode of business transactions.
After a case has been called, and placed at the foot of the docket, the court cannot take it up, on motion, and assign a day for its argument, when other cases, ...
The present is a controversy merely between persons claiming adversely as guardians, having no distinct interest of their own. The office of guardian is of no ...
The present is a controversy merely between persons claiming adversely as guardians, having no distinct interest of their own. The office of guardian is of no ...
Chicago citation style: Taney, Roger Brooke, and Supreme Court Of The United States. U.S. Reports: Barry v. Mercein et al., 46 U.S. 5 How. 103 . 1847.
John Barry (plaintiff) filed a habeas corpus action to seek an order directing his father-in-law, Thomas R. Mercein (defendant), to produce Barry's child, ...
A motion was made to dismiss for the want of jurisdiction; and this Court held that it had appellate jurisdiction only when rights of property were ...
Taney, Roger Brooke, and Supreme Court Of The United States. U.S. Reports: Barry v. Mercein et al., 45 U.S. 4 How. 574 . 1846. Periodical. https://www.loc.gov/ ...
BARRY V. MERCEIN. [The case cited under this title in Bennett v. Bennett,. Case No. 1,318, is the same as in re Barry, 42 Fed. 113. Affirmed by supreme court ...
A man sues for a demand not yet due, and sues repeatedly, but has a verdict and judgment against him upon the ground, not that he has no claim, but that it is ...