Mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri

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“Mandate and Opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri”. Second Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1850-1852, 1852, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/109366

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Filing Name: Mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri
Description: Mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri; handed down March 22, 1852; certified April 10, 1852, filed May 28, 1852
Date: 1852-03-22
Court Term: March Term 1852
Is Part Of: Second Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1850-1852
Identifier: dre1852.0088.089
Case ID: ccr1850.0000.011
Rights: Public Domain
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> Document: Mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri

> Legal Function: Judgment

In Supreme Court, Missouri, at S Louis, March Term 1852.

Dred Scott

vs. Error to St. Louis Circuit Court.

Irene Emerson

Now come again the parties herein by their respective attorneys, and the Court here being now sufficiently advised of and concerning the premises, do consider and adjudge that the Judgment aforesaid, in fore aforesaid by the said Circuit Court rendered, be reversed, annulled, and for nought held and esteemed, and that said appellant be restored to all things which he has lost by reason of said judgment; and the Court further consider, that said cause be remanded to said Circuit Court for further proceedings, according to the opinion of this Court herein delivered, and that said plaintiff recover against said Defendant his costs and charges herein expended and have thereof execution

> Legal Function: certification

The State of Missouri Sct.

I William S Granville, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, at St Louis, certify that the foregoing is a full and true transcript of the judgment of said Court in the case of Dred Scott against Irene Emerson, decided at the aforesaid term of said Court. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Office in S Louis this Tenth day of April Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty two.

Wm. S. Granville

Clerk

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> Legal Function: file record

Cir. Court.

Scott
vs.
Emerson

Judgt.

Sup. Court.

filed May 28th 1852

M. S. Cerré Clk

Item sets: Dred Scott Collection; Second Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1850-1852