Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-26
SUPREME COURT.

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SUPREME COURT.
Saturday, March ls.-Opinions were
delivered in the following cases:
Bank of United States, vs.. State Bank of Geo.
The decree Of the Circuit Court of
Georgia was reversed, and the cause
remanded.
of Washington.
Writ of error dismissed for want Of
appearance of the plaintiff.
Samuel Keplinge-, vs.. Michael D'Young, and
same, VS.. same.
Judgment of the Circuit Court af-
fhrmed.
Monday, March 2l.-This day the
following decisions were pronounced:
Charles w. Roberts, and others, vs.. Beverly
Chew, and others.
This was suit brought by sundry
claimants of the proceeds of the San Jo-
seph, decided some years since. The
Court disallowed the claims Of all the
parties, and ordered that the proceeds
should be given to the United States.
Affirming the decision Of tine Court
below, as to Roberts, Humphrey,
Meade, and Gardner, and reversing it
SO far as it related to Chew, Emerson,
and Lorrain.
William Brent, and others, Managers vs.. Gil.
deon Davis.
The Judgment Of the Circuit Court,
Gin favor Of Davis) reversed; but, mas
much as the pleadings were so defec-
tive as not 20 be able to sustain a judg-
ment, the proceedings in the Court be.
low were annulled up to the declaration
and the cause was remanded to the
Circuit Court for further proceedings.
The Corporation washington, use of M'Cue,
and others, vs. Moses Young.
This suit was brought by the Corpo-
ration for the benefit Of the holders of
the ticket that drew the prize Of 10000
dollars, against Moses Young, one of
the managers, on the penalty Of his
bond to the Corporation as manager
The proceedings in the Court below, in
this case, also were set aside and an
nulled, on account of the defective state
of the pleadings, and the cause was re-
manded to the Court below, for fur
ther proceedings.
Robert Hamilton, VS.. John T, johnson, and o.
theirs, owners of the steamboat Jefferson.
This was the case Of libel brought
by Hamilton in the Circuit Court Of
Kentucky, against the appellees. The
decree of the Circuit Court dismissing
the libel, was affirmed, as the Court
was ofopinion that the Circuit Court
of Kentucky had not admiralty juris-
diction in this case.
James D'wolf, vs. James Johnson, and others
The case of bill in Chancery, bro't
by James D'WoIf, the appellant, to
foreclose mortgage. The defendants
averred that the contract under which
the decree for foreclose was sought
to be obtained, was usurious and void.
The Court below decreed that the con-
tract was usurious; which decree was
reversed, and decree of foreclosure
directed to be entered for the complain.
ant.
GEORGE S. BuLFrNcH, esq. was adj
mitted to practice in the Supreme
Court this day.
And the Court adjourned, sine die.
The SUPREME CopRr Of the United
States, adjourned, on Monday, to the
next term in course, after a fatiguing
session of six weeks.
To the facts which we are about to
state, we ask the serious attention OF
our readers, and particularly of those
who have authority to reform the grie
vance. The number of cases on the
Docket of the Supreme Court, at the
commencement Of the late term, was
one hundred and rtyjour. Of these,
with all the labor devoted to the bust
ness, but Mnty-eight were argued and
decided-being one-6fth only of the
whole number so that, upon an average,
the average time for obtaining deci-
sion on an appeal to the Supreme
Court, under present circumstances, no
matter how urgent, how important, or
universal in its operation, must be .fre
years-a delay operating to the denial
of justice. For this evil there must be
aremedy. 1t ought not longer to be
deferred by a mere difference ofopinion
as to the mode and measure of the re-
medy. If the Judges of the Supreme
Court are not relieved Of the duties Of
Circuit Judges, in part, at least, they
cannot discharge their higher and
more important duty Of Judging in the
last resort, with justice to the parties,
to the country, or to themselves.
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