WOOLF
v.
HAMILTON ET AL.

U.S. | 1882-11-10
108 U.S. 15 Supreme Court of the United States (1882) Caution
Also reported at: 27 L. Ed. 635 · 1 S. Ct. 139 · 1882 U.S. LEXIS 1276 · SCDB 1882-025
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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Waite

Mr. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court. This writ of error is disinissed on the authority of Hecht v. Boughton, 105 U. S. 235. The case was not tried in the. court below by a jury. This, under the act of April 7th, 1874, c. 80, 18 Stat. 27, made it necessary to bring the judgment here for review by appeal and not by writ of error. Dismissed.

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    …w, were not tried by jury; and, therefore, are rightly brought here by appeal, according to the provision' of the aet of Congress of April Y, 1874, 18 Stat. 27. Stringfellow v. Cain, 99 U. S. 610; Hecht v. Boughton, 105 U. S. 235; Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U. S. 15. The wrong complained of in each case by the respective plaintiffs is, “ that the defendants, and each of them, intending to wrongfully deprive the plaintiff of the elective franchise in said Territory, wilfully and maliciously, by the a¡cts and in…
  • United States v. Hailey, 118 U.S. 233 (U.S. 1886)
    …jury. Under such circumstances the only proper way of bringing it here for review would have been by writ of error. Stringfellow v. Cain, 99 U. S. 610; United States v. Railroad Co. 105 U. S. 263; Hecht v. Boughton, 105 U. S. 235; Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U. S. 15. In point of fact, however, there has been neither a writ of error, nor an appeal, nor a citation, nor an appearance by the defendant or respondent. It is clear, therefore, we have no jurisdiction, -and the case is Dismissed.…
  • Story v. Black, 119 U.S. 235 (U.S. 1886)
    …t 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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