Smith v. Whitney
Supreme Court of the United States
..APPEAL EEOM AND EEEOE TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA This was a petition, filed September 21, 1885, praying the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to issue a writ of prohibition to the Secretary of the Navy, and to a general court 'martial of naval officers convened by his order of June 25, 1885, to try the petitioner, a pay inspector in the navy, and, by. appointment of the President, confirmed by the Senate, of the date of June 2Y, 1882, “ Chief…
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..APPEAL EEOM AND EEEOE TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA This was a petition, filed September 21, 1885, praying the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to issue a writ of prohibition to the Secretary of the Navy, and to a general court 'martial of naval officers convened by his order of June 25, 1885, to try the petitioner, a pay inspector in the navy, and, by. appointment of the President, confirmed by the Senate, of the date of June 2Y, 1882, “ Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing and Paymaster General in the Depai’tment of the Navy, with the relative rank of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
After stating the facts as above reported, he continued:
The final judgment or decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in any casedn which the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars, may be reviewed and reversed or affirmed in this court upon writ of error, if the judgment is at law, or upon appeal, if the decree is in equity. Rev. Stat. §§ '691, 692, 705 ; Rev.Stat. D. C. §§ 846, 847; Act of March 3, 1885, ch. 366, 23 Stat. 443.
The objection, founded on Kurtz v. Moffitt, 115 U. S. 487, and cases there cited, that this’ court has no…
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