United States ex rel. Coquard v. Indian Grave Drainage Dist.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This proceeding was commenced by petition for a writ of mandamus, filed on April 16, 1896, after the decision of this court in the case of Coquard v. Drainage Dist., 34 U. S. App. 169, 16 C. C. A. 530, and 69 Fed. 867. The facts there stated are substantially the same as those disclosed in this record.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This proceeding was commenced by petition for a writ of mandamus, filed on April 16, 1896, after the decision of this court in the case of Coquard v. Drainage Dist., 34 U. S. App. 169, 16 C. C. A. 530, and 69 Fed. 867. The facts there stated are substantially the same as those disclosed in this record. The original petition in this ease alleged the recovery by the relator, on April 24, 1892, of a judgment against the Indian Grave Drainage District for the sum of $10,709.73, based upon bonds and coupons…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
The statute of Illinois which provides that, in an action at law tried without a jury, propositions of law may be submitted to the court, and a ruling required, in order to lay a foundation for a writ of error, is not made, applicable to trials in the federal courts by section 914 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, because the practice in those courts in such cases is prescribed by sections 649 and 700 of the Revised Statutes. Ex parte Fisk, 113 U. S. 713, 5 Sup. Ct. 724; Distilling & Cattle Feeding Co. v. Gottschalk Co., 24 U. S. App. 638, 13 C. C. A. 618, and 66 Fed. 609. It is…
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