HODGE ET AL. v. WILLIAMS


63 U.S. 87 (1859)

22 How. 87

J.W. HODGE, JOHN W. HUNTER, HAYWOOD HUNTER, THOMAS COLEMAN, AND YOUNG COLEMAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN A. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hughes, of counsel for John A. Williams.


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

It appears, from the record in this case, that an action was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas, by John A. Williams, against Hodge and the other defendants named in the proceedings, and at the trial, the judgment was against the plaintiff.

The writ of error removing the case to this court is in the name of the defendants who succeeded in the court...

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