In January and March, 1841, Mr. Adams delivered his celebrated argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States, appellants, against Cinque and others, appellees.
"Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams."
Josiah Quincy
Such appellants, unsupported by money, interest, or power, seldom make out a very strong case for reparation of any sort, in this righteous world of ours, and had it not been for the goodness of the dauphine it is probable that the vicomtesse and her grand-daughter would have been reduced to downright beggary.
"Autobiography of a Pocket-Hankerchief"
James Fenimore Cooper
The four lovers were the appellants in this tourney, and from every realm knights rode to break a lance in honour of their dame.
"French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France"
Marie de France