Woolf v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of the United States
Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U.S. 15 (1882)
1 S. Ct. 139; 27 L. Ed. 635; 1882 U.S. LEXIS 1276

Woolf v. Hamilton

Opinion

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
WOOLF v. HAMILTON Et Al.
Cited By
5 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Error — Practice—Statutes. A case not tried in a territorial cohrt by a jury eannot-be brought for review by a writ of error.