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BROWN ET AL. v. HUGER

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62 U.S. 305 (1859)

21 How. 305

16 L.Ed. 125

JACOB B. BROWN, JACOB NISSWANER, FONTAINE BECKHAM, JOHN C. UNSELD, AND GEORGE W. MOLER, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BENJAMIN HUGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 14, 1859.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Davis and Mr. Johnson for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Hull and Mr. Mason for the defendant, on which side there was also a brief by Mr. Black, (Attorney General.)

Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment instituted by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant, in the Circuit Court of the county of Jefferson, in the State of Virginia.

The locus in quo being held and occupied by the defendant as an officer of the United States, and in virtue of their right and authority, the suit was, under the act of Congress of 1789, removed...

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