Cotton v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Holloway
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP HAWAII. The facts are stated in the opinion. The order on exceptions was a final judgment. The opinion of the Supreme Court of Hawaii upon defendants’ bill of exceptions, the last sentence of which is “the exceptions are overruled,” was rendered and filed in the clerk’s •office on September 27,1906. The question, what amounts to a judgment, is, of course, one of local practice.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP HAWAII. The facts are stated in the opinion. The order on exceptions was a final judgment. The opinion of the Supreme Court of Hawaii upon defendants’ bill of exceptions, the last sentence of which is “the exceptions are overruled,” was rendered and filed in the clerk’s •office on September 27,1906. The question, what amounts to a judgment, is, of course, one of local practice. If by accepted usage in Hawaii, or in the Supreme Court of the Territory, such a minute entry as appears in this record is regarded as a judgment, then that entry, however…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The errors assigned are directed to the action of the court below on two subjects. Jurisdiction to consider them is challenged by. th’e defendant in error. To understand the question as to jurisdiction and the issues which it will be necessary to consider, if it be that we have power to decide the merits, requires us to state briefly proceedings which are referred to by both parties and which are embraced in the printed transcript, without determining at this moment how far all the proceedings thus to be referred to may be considered as properly embraced in the record in the legal sense.
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