Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

United States v. Hailey

United States v. Hailey
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 10, 1886 · Waite
118 U.S. 233; 6 S. Ct. 1049; 30 L. Ed. 173; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1926 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Solicitor General for appellant., No appearance for appellee."

United States v. Hailey

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case has been docketed here as an appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho, but, on looking into the transcript, we find that the suit was at law and the trial by a jury. Under such circumstances the only proper way of bringing it here for review would have been by writ of error. Stringfellow v. Cain, 99 U. S. 610; United States v. Railroad Co. 105 U. S. 263; Hecht v. Boughton, 105 U. S. 235; Woolf v. Hamilton, 108 U. S. 15. In point of fact, however, there has been neither a writ of error, nor an appeal, nor a citation, nor an appearance by the defendant or respondent. It is clear, therefore, we have no jurisdiction, -and the case is

Dismissed.

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