Minor v. Tillotson
Supreme Court of the United States
moved to dismiss the writ of error in this case, for the -following reasons: 1. Because this court has no jurisdiction on writs of error of any question apparent in this record. 2. Because the record does not Show any question of law to have been decided in the court below, which this court can -revise.' 3. Because there is no question of law stated on the record by hill of exception; nor any special verdict, or agreed state of facts, or any unquestioned evidence of facts,…
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moved to dismiss the writ of error in this case, for the -following reasons: 1. Because this court has no jurisdiction on writs of error of any question apparent in this record. 2. Because the record does not Show any question of law to have been decided in the court below, which this court can -revise.' 3. Because there is no question of law stated on the record by hill of exception; nor any special verdict, or agreed state of facts, or any unquestioned evidence of facts, on which any-question of-law can arise. , 4. Because it does not appear whether any, or, if any, what matter of law was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United .States for the eastern district of Louisiana.
A motion has been made to dismiss the writ, upon the ground that the record contains no bill of exception, nor statement of facts by the court, according to the practice in Louisiana, by which any question of law is brought up for revision in such a form as to enable this court to decide upon it; and that there is a mass of various and conflicting testimony in relation to facts, upon which no jurisdiction can be exercised upon a writ of error.'
Assuming this statement to be correct, it…
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