MILLIGAN
v.
MILLEDGE

U.S. | 1805-03-06
3 Cranch 220 Supreme Court of the United States (1805) Caution
Also reported at: 2 L. Ed. 417 · 1805 U.S. LEXIS 255 · SCDB 1805-023
Cited by 9 cases
Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.

Marshall, Ch. J.

The court is of opinion, that the-court below erred in admitting the pleas, and dismissing the bill.

Judgment reversed. (a)

(a)

The decree of reversal was as follows: This cause coining on to be heard and considered, and counsel on the part of the appellant being heard, and the bill, pleas, and answers being read and considered, it is adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the-decree of the circuit court be reversed, with costs of this appeal; that the pleas of the-defendants be overruled, and that they be ordered and decreed to answer the bill exhibited against them.

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  • Morgan's heirs v. Morgan et. al., 2 Wheat. 290 (U.S. 1817)
  • Wormley v. Wormley, 8 Wheat. 421 (U.S. 1823)
    …proceed to a decree, it acts upon its own notion of equity, without adhering to the objection. Coop. Eq. Pl. 35; Mitf. Pl. 146; Cowslad v. Cely, Prec. Ch. 83; Darwent v. Walton, 2 Atk. 519; Whalley v. Whalley, 1 Ves. 484, 487; Milligan v. Milledge, 3 Cranch 220. The ground of this rule is peculiarly applicable to the courts of the United States ; and therefore, if a party, who might otherwise be considered as material, by being made a party to the bill, would, from the limited nature of its authority, oust…
  • The State of R.I. & Providence Plantations v. The State of Mass., 14 Pet. 210 (U.S. 1840)

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