JEFFERSON L. EDMONDS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. ANDERSON CRENSHAW, APPELLEE (1840)

JEFFERSON L. EDMONDS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. ANDERSON CRENSHAW, APPELLEE
	Term: 1840
Important Dates
	Argued: February 18, 1840
	Decided: February 26, 1840
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

JEFFERSON L. EDMONDS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. ANDERSON CRENSHAW, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1840. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1840.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alabama U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Alabama.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 39 U.S. 166
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: John McLean

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 unspecifiable.