The respondent in this case thought the court had no jurisdiction, so it hired Alexander Dallas, the court reporter as representative to deliver a wri
The respondent in this case thought the court had no jurisdiction, so it hired Alexander Dallas, the court reporter as representative to deliver a written remonstrance and protestation. The petitioner hired better, choosing Attorney General Edmund Randolph. Randolph represented the executor of Robert Farquhar's estate who demanded payment from a state for failure to pay for revolutionary war uniforms. FTP name this early court case that held Georgia had to pay up, overturned in 1798 by the 11th amendment.
The respondent in this case thought the court had no jurisdiction, so it hired Alexander Dallas, the court reporter as representative to deliver a written remonstrance and protestation.
{Chisholm} v. Georgia