Legal Opinion

Edmonson v. Bloomshire

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1869PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Coui’t for the Southern-District of Ohio; the case being thus: The Judiciary Act provides that final decrees in a circuit court may be re-examined, reversed, or affirmed here “ upon a writ of error whereto shall be annexed and returned therewith, at the day and place therein mentioned, an authenticated transcript of the record, an assignment of errors, and prayer for reversal, with a citation to the adverse party.”

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Appeal from the Circuit Coui’t for the Southern-District of Ohio; the case being thus: The Judiciary Act provides that final decrees in a circuit court may be re-examined, reversed, or affirmed here “ upon a writ of error whereto shall be annexed and returned therewith, at the day and place therein mentioned, an authenticated transcript of the record, an assignment of errors, and prayer for reversal, with a citation to the adverse party.” It further enacts that “ writs of error shall not be brought but within five years after rendering or passing t-he judgment or decree complained of, or in…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

In the cases of Villabolos v. United States, and United States v. Curry, decided at the December Term, 1847, and especially in the latter case, it was held, on full consideration, that.whether a case was attempted to be brought to this court by writ of error, or appeal, the record must be filed before the end of the term next succeeding the issue of the writ or the allowance of the appeal, or the court had no jurisdiction of the case. This was repeated in the Steamer Virginia v. West, * Mesa v. United States, † and United States v. Gomez. ‡

In Castro v. United States, § the same question was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. The Dos HermanosSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
  2. Mesa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1863

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Kingsbury v. BucknerSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Co. v. BradburySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Shelton & Luck v. SydnorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
  4. Evans v. State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Woolridge v. McKennaUnited States Circuit Court · 1881

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