Insurance Co. v. Dunham
Supreme Court of the United States
On certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. The act of Congress of April 29th, 1802,* provides that “ Whenever any question shall occur before a Circuit Court, upon which the opinions of the judges shall be opposed,, the point upon which the disagreement shall happen, shall, during the same term, upon the request of either party or their counsel, be stated under the direction of the judges, and certified…
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On certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. The act of Congress of April 29th, 1802,* provides that “ Whenever any question shall occur before a Circuit Court, upon which the opinions of the judges shall be opposed,, the point upon which the disagreement shall happen, shall, during the same term, upon the request of either party or their counsel, be stated under the direction of the judges, and certified under the seal of the court, to the Supreme Court, at their next session to be held thereafter, and shall by the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This case-comes before us on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts on appeal from the District Court of that district. When this division of opinion occurred the Circuit Court was being held by the associate justice of this court allotted to the first circuit and the circuit judge of that circuit, sitting together. It becomes necessary, therefore, in the first place, to decide whether a difference of opinion between these judges sitting in the Circuit Court may be certified to this court under the act of April 29, 1802.…
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