Bond v. Dustin
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROíí'TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. This was a writ of error to’reverse a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ulinois for the defendant in error in an action of assumpsit brought by him against the plaintiffs in error, and tried by that court without a jury.
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IN ERROíí'TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. This was a writ of error to’reverse a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ulinois for the defendant in error in an action of assumpsit brought by him against the plaintiffs in error, and tried by that court without a jury. The declaration contained two special counts on bills of exchange, the one for $2,500 and the other for $4,000, drawn upon the defendants by 'one Falconer, their agent, at their instance and for their benefit, and indorsed by the payees to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued :
The first question to be determined is how far this court, upon this record, has authority to consider the alleged errors.
By the act of March 3, 1865, ch. 86, § 4, re-enacted in the Revised Statutes, it is provided that issues of fact in civil cases may be tried and determined by the Circuit Court without the intervention of a jury, whenever the parties, or their attorneys of record, file a stipulation in writing with the clerk of the court waiving a jury; that the finding of the court upon the facts shall have the same effect as the…
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