53 U.S. 9 53 U.S. 9 12 How. 9 13 L.Ed. 871 WILLIAM BINNS AND C. STOCKTON HALSTEAD, PLAINTIFFS,v.CORNELIUS W. LAWRENCE. December Term, 1851 THIS cause was brought up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. […]