PRIGG v. THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)

EDWARD PRIGG, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. JANUARY TERM, 1842. A writ of error to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, brought under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789, to revise the judgment of that Court, on a case involving the construction of the Constitution and laws […]

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41 U.S. 539

41 U.S. 539 16 Pet. 539 10 L.Ed. 1060 EDWARD PRIGG, Plaintiff in error,v.The COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 [Syllabus from pages 539-542 intentionally omitted] 2 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The defendant in error, Edward Prigg, with Nathan S. Bemis, Jacob Forward and Stephen Lewis, Jr., were […]

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