Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE < EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This case is before the court upon a question certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals under the sixth section of the Judiciary Act. of March 3, 1891, providing .that in every case within its appellate jurisdiction a Circuit Court of Appeals may certify to this court any questions or propositions of law concerning which it desires instruction for the proper decision of such case. 26 Stat. 826, c. 517.…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE < EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This case is before the court upon a question certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals under the sixth section of the Judiciary Act. of March 3, 1891, providing .that in every case within its appellate jurisdiction a Circuit Court of Appeals may certify to this court any questions or propositions of law concerning which it desires instruction for the proper decision of such case. 26 Stat. 826, c. 517. Accompanying the certificate is a detailed statement of the case as disclosed by the evidence. It is well to give that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In Jewell v. McKnight, 123 U. S. 426, 432, 434, 435, the court had occasion to determine the. scope of those provisions of the Revised Statutes which authorized the judges of the Circuit Court in any civil suit or proceeding before it where they were divided in opinion, to certify to this court the point upon which they so disagreed: Rev. Stat., §§ 650; 652,. 693. Speaking by Mr. Justice Gray, this court held that each question certified must be a distinct point or proposition of law clearly stated; so that it could be definitely answered, without regard to other issues of law or of-fact in…
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