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McPoland v. Fitzpatrick

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 15, 1848

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1848-07-15

<p>Under the state constitution, the supreme court cannot entertain jurisdiction of a chancery case on a writ of error.</p>

Decided 1848-07-15

Kinney, J.

¶1This case comes before this court upon writ of error. We have repeatedly decided in chancery cases, since the adoption of our state constitution, that the supreme court cannot take jurisdiction upon writs of error.

¶2The only mode contemplated by the constitution for removing chancery cases to this court, is by appeal, and although no objection has been made by the counsel for the appellee, and therefore he has tacitly consented to a hearing of the case upon its merits, yet as merely implied consent is not sufficient to confer jurisdiction, the cause must be dismissed.

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