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CARROLL ET AL. v. DORSEY ET AL.

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61 U.S. 204 (1857)

20 How. 204

15 L.Ed. 803

JANE CARROLL, MARIA C. FITZHUGH, ET AL., DEVISEES OF DANIEL CARROLL OF DUDDINGTON, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. NICHOLAS DORSEY, NOAH DORSEY, ACHSAH DORSEY, TRISTAM S. DORSEY, HEIRS AT LAW OF ALFRED R. DOWSON, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 30, 1857.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A motion was made to dismiss it, by Mr. Bradley and Mr. Charles Lee Jones, for the following reasons, viz:

The motion was opposed by Mr. Coxe, who, after explaining the cause of the delay, contended that inasmuch as a general appearance was entered at December term, 1856, the motion to dismiss now came too late.

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

A motion has been made to dismiss this case, for want of jurisdiction.

It appears that an action of ejectment was brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants, in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and upon the trial the verdict and judgment was for the defendants.

The particular day on which the judgment was rendered is not...

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