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The United States v. Barker

15 U.S. 3952 Wheat. 395·Supreme Court of the United States·1817

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Opinion

(practice.) The United States v. Barker. A writ of error does not lie to carry to this court a civil cause which has been carried from the district to the circuit court by .writ of error. The United States never pay’costs. March 15th Mr. Baldwin, for the plaintiffs in error, moved dismiss the writ of error in this case, as having been improvidently allowed, the cause haying been carried up from the district to the circuit, court of New-York by writ of error r and, according to the. former decisions of this court, a Writ of error does not lie to carry to this court civil cause , which, has been carried from the district to. the circuit court by writ of error. Mr. D. B. Ogden, for the defendant, moved for costs. United States v. Goodwin, 7 Cranch, 108. United States v. Gordon, Id, 287. The United States v. Ten Broek, ante, p. 248. [MAJORITY — [Mr. Chief Justice Marshall.] [Mr. Chief Justice Marshall. The United States never pay costs.] Writ of error dismissed without costs.