Stone v. Chisolm
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a writ of error prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, dismissing the complaint, in which the .plaintiff asked- for a recovery for the sum of $1,050, with interest from July 1,1883. The jurisdiction of this court depended upon and'was limited by a certificate of division of opinion between the' Circuit and District Judges, before…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a writ of error prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, dismissing the complaint, in which the .plaintiff asked- for a recovery for the sum of $1,050, with interest from July 1,1883. The jurisdiction of this court depended upon and'was limited by a certificate of division of opinion between the' Circuit and District Judges, before whom the case was tried, and was confined to the single question so certified whether the remedy of the plaintiff below…
1Opinion of the Court
-Mr. Justice Matthews
delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
The statutes referred to in the complaint are § 1367 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, the act of December 10, 1869, entitled “ An Act to regulate the formation of corporations,” and “ sundry other laws of said State.” This last reference would broaden the question certified, so as to embrace the inquiry whether the remedy insisted on was conferred- by any law of the State; but counsel for the plaintiffs in error disclaim reliance upon any provisions of the statutes, except…
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