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Field v. Milton, 1806 — 7 U.S. 514 · caselaw · US
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Field v. Milton
7 U.S. 5143 Cranch 514·Supreme Court of the United States·1806
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Opinion
*Field v. Milton.
Certiorari.
A certiorari will be awarded, upon a suggestion that the citation has been served, but not sent up with the transcript of the record.
W. Pinckney, for plaintiff in error,
suggested that the citation had been served, but was not returned by the clerk below, .with the writ of error, and prayed a certiorari.
[MAJORITY]
The Couet said it was a new case.
Certiorari granted.