Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

Johnson v. Keith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 8, 1886 · Waite

117 U.S. 199; 6 S. Ct. 669; 29 L. Ed. 888; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1825 (United States Reports)

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This motion is granted. A judgment of reversal, accompanied by an order remanding the cause for a retrial, is not a final judgment for the purposes of a writ of error to this court. Houston v. Moore, 3 Wheat. 433; Bostwick v. Brinkerkoff, 106 U. S. 4, and cases there cited.

Motion granted.

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