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12 F. 639

Venable v. Richards

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided Oct. Term, 1881.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1881-10

<p>Bemoval of Causes — Bevenue Cases.</p>

2 counsel of record

Decided 1881-10

¶1Bemoval of Causes — Bevenue Cases.

¶2U. S. Sup. Ct.

¶3Error to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia.

¶4W. P. Burwell, for plaintiff in error.

¶5S. E. Phillips, Solicitor Gen., for defendant in error.

¶6The opinion

¶7in this case was delivered by

¶8Mr. Justice Harlan

¶9on May 8,1882, affirming the judgment.

¶10Section 643 of the Bevised Statutes, providing for the removal of both civil and criminal prosecutions of a limited class arising under the laws of the United States without regard to the amount involved, is not in conflict with the act March 3, 1875, providing for the removal of civil causes to the circuit court; and the act of 1875, so far as it embraces suits arising under the laws of the United States, does not preclude a removal of a suit of the class defined in section 643.

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