2 U.S. 190
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 1, 1792
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1792
INGERSOLL moved for the confirmation of the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Northumberland, given the 26th March, 1792, from which (as it appeared by a certificate he produced) an appeal had been entered. But the Court, finding that there was no copy of the proceedings lodged with the prothonotary, refused to receive the motion : And by
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Decided 1792
Cited by 8 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2016
6 state decisions
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¶1INGERSOLL moved for the confirmation of the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Northumberland, given the 26th March, 1792, from which (as it appeared by a certificate he produced) an appeal had been entered. But the Court, finding that there was no copy of the proceedings lodged with the prothonotary, refused to receive the motion : And by
¶3—The regular method of bringing up the record is by certiorari ; and nothing else can stay the proceedings below.