Dewhurst v. Coulthard
| Dewhurst v. Coulthard | |
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| Decided February, 1799 | |
| Full case name | John Dewhurst v. Isaac Coulthard |
| Citations | 3 U.S. 409 (more) 1 L. Ed. 658; 3 Dall. 409 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Circuit Court of the N.Y. District |
| Holding | |
| Motion denied, held that the Court could not hear a case that was not brought before it by the regular process of law. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Per curiam | |
Dewhurst v. Coulthard, 3 U.S. 409 (1799), was a United States Supreme Court case that initiated with a civil suit brought by Isaac Coulthard (owner of Coulthard's Brewery) against John Dewhurst which reached the Court by a convoluted process. The Court refused to hear the case: "T]his court will not take cognizance of any suit, or controversy not brought before them by regular process of law."[1]
References
- ^ Reports of decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: with notes, and a digest, Volume 1 (Little, Brown, and Co., 1870) pg. 290 https://books.google.com/books?id=NEQPAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s