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154 U.S. 587

14 S. Ct. 1170

20 L. Ed. 689

Docket No. 290.

Germain v. Mason

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued April 5, 1872.

Decided April 22, 1872.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1872-04-22

<p>ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE MONTANA.</p> <p>Motion to dismiss. The ease is stated in the opinion.</p>

2 counsel of record

Relies on Wells v. McGregor

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Petition denied / appeal dismissed · 8–0 · Decided 1872-04-22

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Cited by 21 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1986

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 state decisions

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¶1ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE MONTANA.

¶2"Writs of error from this court must bear the test of the Chief Justice.

¶3*588Motion to dismiss. The ease is stated in the opinion.

¶4Mr. A. M. Woodfolk, Mr. F. A. Dick and Mr. George G. Wright for plaintiffs in error.

¶5Mr. J. Hubley Ashton and Mr. Nathaniel Wilson for defendant in error.

¶6Mr. Chief Justice Chase

¶7delivered the opinion of the court.

¶8The writ of error in this case, as in the case of Wells v. McGregor, 13 Wall. 188, decided at this term, bears the test of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana and not the test of the Chief Justice of this court.

¶9It must therefore be dismissed.

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