BURKE v. GAINES ET AL.

Not in source.

60 U.S. 388 (1857)

19 How. 388

15 L.Ed. 655

PATRICK BURKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. GAINES AND WIFE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 23, 1857.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Lawrence for the defendants in error, no counsel appearing for the plaintiff in error.


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

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas. A brief summary of the case will be sufficient to show that this court have no jurisdiction.

The defendants in error, who were the plaintiffs in the court below, brought their action of ejectment in the State court to recover certain premises described in the declaration.

By a statute of Arkansas, a party may maintain an...

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