Supreme Court of the United States, 1872

Hall v. Jordan

Hall v. Jordan
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 16, 1872
82 U.S. 393; 21 L. Ed. 72; 15 Wall. 393; 1872 U.S. LEXIS 1266 (United States Reports)

Hall v. Jordan

Opinion

*395 The CHIEF JUSTICE:

The defendant claimed that a deed offered in evidence was void, because the stamps upon it amounted only to $13 when they should have beeu $13.50. The court admitted the deed, although the act of Congress provided that no deed not properly stamped should be received in evidence. The decision was against the right claimed by the defendant under the act of Congress, and necessarily involved its construction:

However frivolous the objection, it undoubtedly raised a question under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, the decision of which may be revised in this court upon a writ of error.

Motion to dismiss denied.

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