MIGRAL DAVILA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DAVID MUMFORD AND JESSE MUMFORD (1861)

MIGRAL DAVILA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DAVID MUMFORD AND JESSE MUMFORD
	Term: 1860
Important Dates
	Argued: December 19, 1860
	Decided: January 14, 1861
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

MIGRAL DAVILA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DAVID MUMFORD AND JESSE MUMFORD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1861. The case was argued before the court on December 19, 1860.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
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: 65 U.S. 214
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: Samuel Nelson

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 liberal.