Springville v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the' supreme court of THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. ■ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In these three cases judgments were entered on verdicts returned by less than the whole number of jurors, by which they were tried. It has been decided by this court that the territorial act of March 10, 1892, permitting this to be done, Laws Utah, 1892, p. 46, was invalid, because in contravention of the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution and the act of Congress of April 7, 1874, 18 Stat. 27, c. 80. American Publishing Co. v. Fisher, ante, 464.
Exceptions to the course pursued were sufficiently preserved and the judgments must be reversed if this court has jurisdiction.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hess v. WhiteUtah Supreme Court · 1893
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