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John P. Jeter, Plaintiff in Error, v. James Hewitt, Mulville Heron, and Mary Conrad U.S. 352 (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0170 and id is 1 raw text is: SUPREME COURT. Je~r v. Hewilt et al. stituted. He alleges, among other things, that th6-defendants whose firm name is on. the back of the note placed it there for the purpose of becoming sureties and security to him as payee for the amount therein- specified. That allegation, to use the language of the statute of Minnesota, is expressed in ordinary and concise language, and in such a manner as to be easily understood,, and that is all which is required by the law of the Territory prescribing the rules of pleading in civil cases. Un- der the system of pleading which prevailed in the courts of the Territory, the objection 'cannot be sustained. The judgment of the Supreme Court of the Territory is therefore affirmed with costs JOHN P. JETER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. JA.iEs EDWMT, n,' VILLE HERON, AND MARY CONRAD. Where a mortgage of land and slaves, in Louisiana, was made to the Bank of Louis. iana, the property sold in the manner pointed out by the charter of the bank, the purchasers applied to the District Court, (State court,) under a statute of Louis- iana, for a monition, citing all persons who objected to the sale to make their objection known , that court decided that the sale was null and void, but the Supreme Court reversed the judgment as to the widow, and those claiming under her ; this judgment cuts off all the objections that apply to the manner of conducting the sale, and to the form of the judgment in'the court below. The Supreme Court of the State decided that the courts below had jurisdiction of the case, and that decision is binding upon this court. The whole matter now in controversy has therefore been legally adjudicated by the courb of the State. Tmis case was brought up. by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. It was an action brought by John P. Jeter, a citizen of Louisiana, resident -in New Orleans, against James Hewitt and David Heron, citizens of the State of Kentucky, tempora- rily within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the district of Louisiana. The nature and history of the case are stated in the opinion ,)f the court. It was submitted to the Circuit Court upon the pleadings, depositions, oral testimony, and arguments of coun-

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