Story v. Black

Supreme Court

Story v. Black

119 U.S. 235, 7 S. Ct. 176, 30 L. Ed. 341, 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1981

Supreme Court of the United States·Decided November 15, 1886·No. 39·Published·Cited by 4 cases

Opinion

Mu. Chief Justice' Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Territory. of Montana to bring up for review the judgment- in a suit where there was not a; trial by jury. Under the Act of April-7; 1874, c.' 80, §-2, 18 Stat. 27,'the case should .have *237 -been brought up by appeal’ and the writ of error' is therefore dismissed. Hecht v. Boughton, 105. U. S. 235; United States v. Railroad Co., 105 U. S. 263; Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U. S. 15. The question is no longer opeh in this' court. ' The statutory rule is jurisdictional.

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Mu. Chief Justice' Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Territory. of Montana to bring up for review the judgment- in a suit where there was not a; trial by jury. Under the Act of April-7; 1874, c.' 80, §-2, 18 Stat. 27,'the case should .have *237 -been brought up by appeal’ and the writ of error' is therefore dismissed. Hecht v. Boughton, 105. U. S. 235; United States v. Railroad Co., 105 U. S. 263; Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U. S. 15. The question is no longer opeh in this' court. ' The statutory rule is jurisdictional.

Story v. Black, 119 U.S. 235, 7 S. Ct. 176, 30 L. Ed. 341, 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1981 (1886).

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