premise: Dewhurst v. Coulthard, 3 U.S. 409 (1799) , was a United States Supreme Court case that initiated with a civil suit brought by Isaac Coulthard (owner of Coulthard's Brewery) against John Dewhurst which reached the Court by a convoluted process. The Court refused to hear the case: "T]his court will not take cognizance of any suit, or controversy not brought before them by regular process of law."
hypothesis: Dewhurst v. Coulthard died at 1877.
reason: The date of death is not given.