Legal Opinion

Waterville v. Van Slyke

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 2, 1885No. 955Published

IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. Thislwas a motion to dismiss made before the printing of the records.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

The judgment in this case is for less than five thousand dollars, but the record contains a certificate of division. The'motion to dismiss is “ on the ground, that this court lias no jurisdiction upon such a certificate as is filed herein.” The record has not been printed, and in National Bank v. Insurance Co., 100 U. S. 43, we announced the rule that to get a decision on a motion to dismiss before printing, the motion, papers must present the case in a way which will enable us to act undprstandingly without referring to the transcript on file. In this case we have not been furnished either…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879

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