Supreme Court of the United States, 1889

Norton v. Commissioners of the Taxing District

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 5, 1889 · Fullee

129 U.S. 505 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Sparrel Hill, Mr. Henry Graft and Mr. L. P, Cooper for plaintiffs in error., Mr. W. W. Rutledge and Mr. William M. Smith for defendants in error.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Chamberlain Transportation Co. v. South Pier Coal Co. (7th Cir. 1903)
Talty v. District of Columbia (D.C. 1902)
Norton v. Taxing District of Brownsville (Supreme Court of the United States 1889)

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Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Fullee

delivered the opinion of the court.

Judgment was rendered against the plaintiffs in error in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee on the 29th of .November, 1886, and writ of error brought December 28th, 1886,'accompanied by a- citation to the adverse .party, duly returnable to the October Term, 1887, and served in January and March of the latter .year. But the record was not filed, herein until December 20th, 1888, and the rule is settled that under such circumstances we do not entertain jurisdiction. Grigsby v. Purcell, 99 U. S. 505; Credit Company v. Arkansas Central Railway Co., 128 U. S. 258; Hill v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad Co., ante, 170; Edmonson v. Bloomshire, 7 Wall. 306.

The writ of error is

Disndssed.

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