Legal Opinion

Wiswall v. Campbell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 11, 1876PublishedCited by 93 opinions

Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This writ of error brings here a record of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in a proceeding upon an appeal taken under sect. 4984, Rev. Stat., from an order of the District Court rejecting a claim presented by a supposed creditor against the estate of a bankrupt. A motion is now made to dismiss, upon the ground that judgments of the circuit courts in. such cases are not reviewable .here upon error.

By sect. 691,-Rev. Stat., “all final judgments of any circuit court ... in civil actions, brought there by original process, or . . . removed there from any district court by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Morgan v. ThornhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

3Cited by93 opinions

  1. Katchen v. LandySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Gardner v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Fish v. EastCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  5. Pinney Dock And Transport Co. v. Penn Central Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988

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