Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Vol. 24 written by Benjamin C. Howard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Vol. 24: December Term, 1860 May it please your Honors: I am compelled, most reluc tautly, to inaugurate our sitting in these new apartments by referring to a great misfortune which you and I, and all of us, have suffered during the vacation. Since the close of the last term, the seat which should have been occupied by Mr. Jus tice daniel has been made vacant by his death. The place in this court which knew him for nearly nineteen years will know him no more forever. I speak with entire sincerity when I say, that I wish the duty of making this announce ment had been cast upon some one better able to do his mem ory justice. I knew him only as a Judge, and my personal acquaint ance with him, even in that capacity, began after his health and spirits had been broken by the saddest bereavements, when all his work was done in the midst of pain and trouble; and when the light of all his days was clouded with sickness and sorrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.