Raimond v. Terrebonne Parish
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This was- an action by a citizen of Mississippi against a parish in Louisiana upon certain bonds and coupons, amounting with interest to more than $5000 in value, alleged in the petition and denied in the answer to have been issued in accordance with the statute of Louisiana of March 23, 1814, c. 14, and to have been purchased by the plaintiff in good faith and before maturity.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This was- an action by a citizen of Mississippi against a parish in Louisiana upon certain bonds and coupons, amounting with interest to more than $5000 in value, alleged in the petition and denied in the answer to have been issued in accordance with the statute of Louisiana of March 23, 1814, c. 14, and to have been purchased by the plaintiff in good faith and before maturity. After the case had been tried by the Circuit Court pursuant to an agreement of counsel in open court to waive the intervention of a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
Assuming the agreement in writing, waiving a jury, and submitting the case to the decision of the Circuit Court, to have been seasonably filed, the record is not in such a shape as to authorize this court to review that decision.
By the settled construction of the acts of Congress defining the appellate jurisdiction of this court, either a statement of facts by the parties, or a finding of facts by the Circuit Court, is strictly analogous to a special verdict, and must state the ultimate facts of the case, presenting questions of law only, and not be a recital of evidence or of circumstances,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Norris v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Martinton v. FairbanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Burr v. Des Moines R. & Nav. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864
- State ex rel. Rabasse v. Police Jury of Terrebonne ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
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- Fleischmann Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. ForsbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Anglo-American Land, Mortgage & Agency Co. v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Wilson v. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- White v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- British Queen Mining Co. v. Baker Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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