ARMSTRONG v. the Treasurer of Athens County
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio. A bill was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of. Athens, in the state of Ohio, by Thomas Armstrong and others, stating that they were seised in fee of certain lands purchased by them from the President and Trustees of the'Ohio University, in pursuance of the provisions of an act of the Assembly of the state of Ohio, entitled “ An act authorizing the Trustees of the Ohio University, to dispose of certain…
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IN error to the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio. A bill was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of. Athens, in the state of Ohio, by Thomas Armstrong and others, stating that they were seised in fee of certain lands purchased by them from the President and Trustees of the'Ohio University, in pursuance of the provisions of an act of the Assembly of the state of Ohio, entitled “ An act authorizing the Trustees of the Ohio University, to dispose of certain lands,” passed February 4th, 1826. The lands are situated withimthe two townships granted by Congress within the bounds of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This is a "writ of error from a State Court; and it has become the duty of this Court, before proceeding to examine' the merits of the controversy, to determine whether jurisdiction over it is conferred by the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of ] 789 It is true no question upon-that subject was raised in the argument presented for the appellant; (the respondent having no counsel.;) but it has -been the uniform practice of thisJCourt, in every case of this description, to ascertain, in the first instance, whether the record presented a case in which we'Were authorized by law to…
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