Guppy v. Brown

| SCOTUS | Oct 1, 1805

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Guppy et al.
versus
Brown.

Supreme Court of United States.

Ingersoll, and Tod, for the plaintiffs.

Franklin, and Dallas, for the defendant.

By the COURT:

The objection is fatal. The commissioners do not derive their authority from the parties, but from the Court; and as it is a special authority, it must be strictly pursued. The power given to four, cannot be well executed by three, commissioners.

The evidence over-ruled.