Wells v. McGregor
Supreme Court of the United States
Wells v. McGregor, 80 U.S. 188 (1872)
20 L. Ed. 538; 13 Wall. 188; 1871 U.S. LEXIS 1329
Wells v. McGregor
Opinion
We have often held that such orders as that which the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana affirmed, are within the discretion of the inferior coui’t. They are not final judgments, within the meaning of the Judiciary Act of 1789. † Of course they are not within the meaning of the 9th section of the organic act of the Territory. ‡ It appears also that the writ of error bears the teste of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana, and not the teste of the Chief Justice of this court. But the statute *190 makes teste of the Chief Justice indispensable, * and we have no power to change its requirements.
On both grounds, therefore, the writ of error must be
Dismissed.
Reference
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- Syllabus
- 1. A deeree-of the highest court of a State affirming an order of an inferior court, by which a motion to set aside a sheriff's return to an execution was allowed and an alias execution awarded, is not a “ final judgment ” within the moaning of the 22d section of the Judiciary Act, nor within the meaning of the 9th section of the organic act of the Territory of Montana,- giving appeals from the Supreme Court of the Territory to this court. 2. Writs of error from this court must bear the teste of the Chief Justice.