...by colour of process of 'fy'^h* the United States, and praying for a certiorari to the clerk of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington, to certify the record by which his cause of commitment might be examined, and its legality investigated....

...WASHINGTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court. These causes come before the court upon appeal* from the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria. The material facts upon which the questions now to be decided arise* are as follows : Hepburn...

...the writ, by which it appears that he arrested the petitioner under authority of an attachment issued from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria, for a contempt by him committed, in not attending the said court as a witness, after being...

...from the maker, is a condition precedent, on which the liability of the indorser depends. [90] IN the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Washington, the defendants in error instituted a suit against George B. Magruder, the plain till' in error, upon a promissory npte drawn...

...the defendant. Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes up on a writ of error from the circuit court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington. The action is founded upon a balance certified at the treasury against the defendant for eleven thousand...

...ascertained from the facts and circumstances accompanying the entire transaction. Bell el al. v. Bruen. THIS case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court for the district of New York. The plaintiffs in this court, who were also plaintiff's below, were merchants...

...to examine the question ; it belonged appropriately and exclusively to the court below. THIS cause was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southenrdistrict of Alabama. In '1818 and 1820, the following promissory note...

...due diligence, and as dispensing with the more dilatory evidence of a suit. Camden t. Dofemas et a 1. THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Courfof the United -States for the district of Missouri. The defendants in error were citizens of the...

...of limitations. Possession under this deed would have been sufficient proof for adverse possession. THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The circumstances of the case, and the points of...

...action com- 1533. menced by the United States, at the instance of the Post Office Department, in the circuit court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington, against the said bank, to recover the amount of money therein on deposite at the credit of the Treasurer...