 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...of error, but shall send a special mandate to the circuit court to award execution thereon.(l)* 500. A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity in a state in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of... | |
 | Andrew Bell - History - 1838 - 316 pages
...issues in fact, in the Supreme Court, in all actions at law against American citizens, is by jury. A final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity in a State, may be reexamined and reversed, or affirmed in the United States Supreme Court. Circuit... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1838 - 850 pages
...judiciary act of 1789, confers appellate jurisdiction on this Court, from final judgments and decrees, in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision of the suit could be had ; where is drawn in question the validity of... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...of error. This section, stripped of passages unimportant in this inquiry, enacts, in substance, that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state — where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1840 - 554 pages
...absolutely the supreme law. Not so the acts of the legislature. Such only are the law of the land as are made in pursuance of the constitution. I beg the indulgence...act of the year 1789 : " A final judgment or decree iq any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could... | |
 | George Watterston - Washington (D.C.) - 1842 - 252 pages
...law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States. A final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a State, in which a decision could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute... | |
 | John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...cases provided for by the twenty-fifth section of the act of September 24th, 1789, which enacts that a final judgment or decree, in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...upon it, the Judiciary Act of 178£ •was passed by Congress, under which it was provided — " That a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a State may be brought up on error in point of law to the Supreme Court of the United States, provided... | |
 | United States - Session laws - 1845 - 816 pages
...mandate to the circuit court to award execution thereupon. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1845 - 434 pages
...usually termed the judiciary act. The 25th section provides, that in certain cases, there enumerated, the final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a. decision of the suit could be had, may be reexamined, and reversed, or affirmed,... | |
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That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States,... 
