Bondurant, Tutrix v. Watson
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The writ of error in this case' is as follows: — “United States of America, “ State of Louisiana, ss: ■ “The Hon. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Louis’a, to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, greeting: “Because in the record and proceedings, as also in the rendition of the judgment of a plea, which is in our said Supreme Court, before us, between Frank Watson, plaintiff, and Mrs.…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The writ of error in this case' is as follows: — “United States of America, “ State of Louisiana, ss: ■ “The Hon. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Louis’a, to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, greeting: “Because in the record and proceedings, as also in the rendition of the judgment of a plea, which is in our said Supreme Court, before us, between Frank Watson, plaintiff, and Mrs. Ella F. Bondurant, tutrix, &c., defendant, No. 6564 on the docket of this court, it is claimed by the said defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
We bave no jurisdiction in tbis case, as no writ of error bas ever been issued. Mussina v. Cavazos, 6 Wall. 355. By the ninth section of the act of May 8, 1792, c. 36 (1 Stat. 278), it was made the duty of' the clerk of this court to transmit to the clerks of the several courts the form of a writ of error approved by two of the justices of this court. This was done, and the form adopted required the writ to be issued in the name of tbe President of the United States, and have the teste of the Chief Justice of this court. Sect. 1004 of tbe Revised Statutes is…
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