72 U.S. 337
Supreme Court of the United States
December Term, 1866
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1867-05-13
Cited in Ballentine's (1916)’s definition of “Provisional”
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Affirmed · 9–0 · Decided 1867-05-13
Cited by 24 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2022
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 state decisions
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Another case—Townsend v. Burbank—Substantially the same in question and principle with the one preceding and like it from the Supreme Court of California, was decided in the same way with it: the CHIEF JUSTICE delivering the judgment of this court
AFFIRMING THE JUDGMENT BELOW.