Gordon v. Caldcleugh
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a writ of error to the judges of the Court of Equity of the state of South Carolina, holden in and for the eastern district of the said-, state. James Gordon, “ of the city of Charleston, in the state aforesaid,” filed a. bill in equity, against Caldcleugh & Boyd, “ of London, in the kingdom of Great Britain,” William Muir, “ of Hamburg,” and John Gillespie, George' McKay and Joseph Reid, whose residence was not mentioned in the bill.
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This was a writ of error to the judges of the Court of Equity of the state of South Carolina, holden in and for the eastern district of the said-, state. James Gordon, “ of the city of Charleston, in the state aforesaid,” filed a. bill in equity, against Caldcleugh & Boyd, “ of London, in the kingdom of Great Britain,” William Muir, “ of Hamburg,” and John Gillespie, George' McKay and Joseph Reid, whose residence was not mentioned in the bill. At the return of the subpoena, Caldcleugh, Boyd and Reid appeared, and filed a petition, stating themselves to be aliens, and subjects of the King of…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
after stating the ease, delivered the opinion of the court.
This court has no jurisdiction under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, but in a case where a final judgment or decree has been rendered in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity, &e., or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute…
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