Butler v. Gage
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. This was an action brought in the name of William J?. Linn and Lewis 0. Rockwell against Hugh Butler and Charles W. Wright, in the District Court in and for the county of Lake and State of Colorado, upon a contract between Linn and Butler and Wright, subsequently assignq¿l by Linn to Burrell, and by Burrell to Rockwell, as collateral security for money loaned by him to Linn.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. This was an action brought in the name of William J?. Linn and Lewis 0. Rockwell against Hugh Butler and Charles W. Wright, in the District Court in and for the county of Lake and State of Colorado, upon a contract between Linn and Butler and Wright, subsequently assignq¿l by Linn to Burrell, and by Burrell to Rockwell, as collateral security for money loaned by him to Linn. Linn subsequently died and his. executors were substituted. The defences raised no Federal question. Upon trial had, a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The motion to dismiss is predicated upon two grounds: First. Because the writ of error was not allowed, nor the citation signed, by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado. Second. Because no Federal question was involved in the case, or appeared or was raised upon the record.
It is essential to the exercise by this court of- revisory jurisdiction over the final judgments or -decrees of the courts of the States that the writ of error should be allowed either by a justice of this court, or by the proper judge of the State court, after ascertaining by an examination of…
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