Case Name: BROWN v. JOHNSON
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1867-01-03
Citations: 154 U.S. 551
Docket Number: No. 47
Parties: BROWN v. JOHNSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 551–551

Head Matter:
BROWN v. JOHNSON.
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP MISSISSIPPI.
No. 47.
Submitted December 11, 1866.
Decided January 3, 1867.
Reversed on the authority of Brown- v. Bass, 4 Wall. 262.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. J. M. Carlisle and Mr. J. D. McPherson for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Nelson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.
The case involves the same questions examined in the case of Brown v. Bass, 4 Wall. 262, and the opinion in that ease governs this, and shows that the court erred in the several rulings and instructions in this case. Reversed.