Kamper v. Hawkins

The adjournment of this case originated in novelty and difficulty, touching the constitutionality, or judicial propriety of the judges of the District Court, carrying the following clause of an act of the General Assembly into execution, which was conceived to be opposed to, or in direct violation of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The title and clause of the said act are thus : “An act reducing into one, the several acts concerning the establishment, jurisdiction, and powers of District Courts. ’ ’ (Passed December 12,1792.)

*“Sect. XI. Each of the said district courts in…