Woolf v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 10th, 1882.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1882-11-10

<p>IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH.</p>

Cited by 8 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1895

3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relies on Hecht v. Boughton

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Petition denied / appeal dismissed · 9–0 · Decided 1882-11-10

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¶1IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH.

¶2Error — Practice—Statutes.

¶3A case not tried in a territorial cohrt by a jury eannot-be brought for review by a writ of error.

¶4Mr. Chief Justice Waite

¶5delivered the opinion of the court. This writ of error is disinissed on the authority of Hecht v. Boughton, 105 U. S. 235. The case was not tried in the. court below by a jury. This, under the act of April 7th, 1874, c. 80, 18 Stat. 27, made it necessary to bring the judgment here for review by appeal and not by writ of error.

¶6Dismissed.