MARTIN VERY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE C. WATKINS (1860) - Ballotpedia

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MARTIN VERY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE C. WATKINS

Term: 1859
Important Dates
Decided: April 16, 1860
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

MARTIN VERY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE C. WATKINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1860.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 64 U.S. 469
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: James Moore Wayne

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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