Generes v. Bonnemer
Supreme Court of the United States
■ In this case, which came on error to the Circuit Court for, Louisiana, it appeared that the only ruling of the court, to be found in the record, .was a judgment rendered in favor, of plaintiff for the recovery of a sum of mouey.
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■ In this case, which came on error to the Circuit Court for, Louisiana, it appeared that the only ruling of the court, to be found in the record, .was a judgment rendered in favor, of plaintiff for the recovery of a sum of mouey. There waa no question raised on the pleadings; no hill.of exceptions; no instructions or ruling of, the court. ' There, was what purported to be a statement Of facts,, signed by the judge, found in the record; It was filed more than two months after the writ of error was allowed and filed in the court, and nearly a month aftey the citation was issued by the judge.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
To permit the judge to make a statement of facts, on which the case shall be heard here, after the case is removed to this court by the service of the writ of error, or even after it is issued, would place the rights of parties who have judgments of record, entirely in the power of the judge, without hearing and without remedy. The statement of facts, filed without consent of the parties, must be treated as a nullity;, and, as there is nothing,on which error of the court below can be predicated, the judgment must be
Affirmed.
2Cited by8 opinions
- Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ex parte BuskirkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1896
- Coughlin v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Snell v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1941
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