Boon's Heirs v. Chiles

In this cause the judges of the court for the seventh circuit and district of Kentucky, were divided in opinion on two questions, which were ordered to be certified to this court, in the following manner.

1st. This court being then divided, and the judges opposed in opinion as to the jurisdiction over the case, and unable therefore to render a decree on the merits, they resolve to adjourn that question to the supreme court; to wit, under all the circumstances appearing above, can this court entertain cognizance of the case.

2d. The judges were also opposed in opinion on the point, whether the…