HALL
v.
ALLEN, ASSIGNEE

U.S. | 1870-12-01
12 Wall. 452 Supreme Court of the United States (1870) Negative Treatment
Also reported at: 20 L. Ed. 458 · 1870 U.S. LEXIS 1218 · SCDB 1871-057
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Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE r

The CHIEF JUSTICE r

It is quite evident that the decision of the Circuit Court was made in the exercise of its superintending and revising jurisdiction, and this court decided at the last term, in Morgan v. Thornhill, that-no appeal can be taken from the decision of the Circuit Court in the exercise of that jurisdiction. The appeal, therefore, is

Dismissed.


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