End date 1799 | ||
Full case name John Dewhurst v. Isaac Coulthard Citations 3 U.S. 409 (more)1 L. Ed. 658; 3 Dall. 409 Prior history Circuit Court of the N.Y. District | ||
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."
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