ELIZABETH DAVIS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOHN H. DAVIS v. ALEXANDER BRADEN (1836)

ELIZABETH DAVIS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOHN H. DAVIS v. ALEXANDER BRADEN
	Term: 1836
Important Dates
	Decided: February 13, 1836
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	5-0
Majority
	Henry Baldwin • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

ELIZABETH DAVIS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOHN H. DAVIS v. ALEXANDER BRADEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1836.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 35 U.S. 286
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: Smith Thompson

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.