Whenever it is necessary for us to decide a question, it should be entered of record ; ancl the clerk, should retain the transcript on which the decision is rendered, to serve as a precedent on the points decided, and to prevent several applications being made in the same case. On an application, for & supersedeas, *374⅛ a case in which this court had not jurisdiction to de» cide 011 error assigned, we gave leave to withdraw the record (a) ; but that was owing to the cause going off on that point.- — - .Motion overruled.*