Callan v. Bransford

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Callan v. Bransford

139 U.S. 197, 11 S. Ct. 519, 35 L. Ed. 144, 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2372

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMarch 16, 1891

Docket1,271

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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Callan v. Bransford, 139 U.S. 197, 11 S. Ct. 519, 35 L. Ed. 144, 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2372 (1891).

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Mr. Chief Justice Fuller

delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases are brought here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Yirginia, except Dillard v. Moorman, No. 1638, which is a writ of error to the Corporation Court for the city of Lynchburg. A motion is now made by plaintiff in error to advance, and a-motion to dismiss on behalf of defendant in error. It appears .from the motion papers that Callan v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1271, was carried to the Court of Appeals on writ of error to the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg, and that Gregory v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1595, Litchford v. Day, Sergeant, &c., No. 1598 and Lawson v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1597, were taken to that court by appeal.

The writ of error in the one case, and the appeals in the three others, were dismissed by the Court of Appeals upon the ground that the matters involved were purely pecuniary, and that the amount in controversy in each case was less than sufficient to give the court jurisdiction under the constitution of the State. This being so, we are of opinion that the writs' of error to that court must be dismissed, and it will be

So ordered.

The motion papers in Jones v. The Commonwealth, No. 1594, Mallan Bros. v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1596, and Dillard v. Moorman, Treasurer, No. 1638, are not such that we can pass upon the motions to dismiss without referring to the transcripts on file, which we ought not to be obliged to do. These motions and the motions to advance will be

Denied, but without prejudice.

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Mr. Chief Justice Fuller

delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases are brought here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Yirginia, except Dillard v. Moorman, No. 1638, which is a writ of error to the Corporation Court for the city of Lynchburg. A motion is now made by plaintiff in error to advance, and a-motion to dismiss on behalf of defendant in error. It appears .from the motion papers that Callan v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1271, was carried to the Court of Appeals on writ of error to the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg, and that Gregory v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1595, Litchford v. Day, Sergeant, &c., No. 1598 and Lawson v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1597, were taken to that court by appeal.

The writ of error in the one case, and the appeals in the three others, were dismissed by the Court of Appeals upon the ground that the matters involved were purely pecuniary, and that the amount in controversy in each case was less than sufficient to give the court jurisdiction under the constitution of the State. This being so, we are of opinion that the writs' of error to that court must be dismissed, and it will be

So ordered.

The motion papers in Jones v. The Commonwealth, No. 1594, Mallan Bros. v. Bransford, Treasurer, No. 1596, and Dillard v. Moorman, Treasurer, No. 1638, are not such that we can pass upon the motions to dismiss without referring to the transcripts on file, which we ought not to be obliged to do. These motions and the motions to advance will be

Denied, but without prejudice.

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