Note 37 — Chapter VIII

The opinion of the Supreme Court is thus summed up by the Chief Justice: "And upon a full and careful consideration of the subject the court is of opinion that upon the facts stated in the plea in abatement Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and not entitled as such to sue in its courts; and consequently that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the cause and that the judgment on the plea in abatement is erroneous."