United States v. Larkin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. This was an informtion filed on behalf of the United States, June 8, 1905, in the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, for- the forfeiture of certain jewels which, it was set forth, had been fraudulently imported into the United States without the payment of duty, and that, upon May 19, 1905, the 'jewels so smuggled had been seized by Charles F. Leach, collector of the District…
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. This was an informtion filed on behalf of the United States, June 8, 1905, in the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, for- the forfeiture of certain jewels which, it was set forth, had been fraudulently imported into the United States without the payment of duty, and that, upon May 19, 1905, the 'jewels so smuggled had been seized by Charles F. Leach, collector of the District of Ohio,'within the said district. . July 5, 1905, Adrian H. Larkin, being interested as a claimant, came in and,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The question is presented at the threshold of the case as to whether or not the proceedings in Ibe Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the judgment therein rendered were absolutely void for want of jurisdiction. If' they were .not, this writ of error cannot be maintained, as judgments of the Circuit Courts "of Appeals cannot be reviewed in this way.
Plaintiffs in error grounded their application as coming within the first of the classes of cases enumerated in § 5 of the Judiciary Act of 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, 827, in which appeals or writs of error may be taken directly to…
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