Cummings v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, brought more than two but less than five years after the judgment to be reviewed was rendered, and one of the questions' raised on this motion is whether the limitation of two years prescribed by sect. 1008 of the Revised Statutes, for bringing writs of error to the Circuit and District Courts, applies to writs of error to State courts. We have no hesitation in Saying it does. Sect. 1003 provides that “ writs of error from the Supreme Court to a State court, in cases authorized by law, shall be…
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