The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1857-06-09
From TIE Authenticated Official Report.
The Reporters Head Notes OF Points Decided
by the Supreme Court in the bred 81 oft Case

I. Upon q writ Of error to Circuit Court
of the United States the transcript Of the
record of all the proceedings brought before
this court, and is open 10 its inspection and
revision. c1
2. When plea to the jurisdiction, in
abatement, is overruled 10y the court upon
demurrer, and the defendant pleads in bar,
and upon these pleas the final judgment of
the court is in his favor-if the plaintiff brings
writ of error, the judgment of the court
upon the plea in abatement is before the
court, although it was in favor of the plant
iff-and if the court erred in overuling it,
the judgment must bc reversed, and man.
date issued to the Circuit Court to dismiss
the case for want of jurisdiction.
g. In the Circuit Courts of the United
States the record must show that the case is
one in which, by the Constitution and laws
Of the United States, the Court had-and
if this does not appear, and tho Court gives
judgment either for plaintiff or defendant, it
is error, and the judgment is reversed by
this Court-and the parties cannot by consent
waive tho objection to the jurisdiction Of the
Circuit Court.
4. A free negro of the African race, whose
"'oe''o'o "eio drought ~ .n'o ou ,;., .hu
soiu as Saves 10 not ei''Nen W w''",n .nS
n'an'"g o' the oohs'i'u''o" Vi 'ne O"''eu
o'a'es; VIZ, o.
o. :" "heh .ho oons,i:u''o" "e' a'CP..u'
as members of the community which consti-
! tuted the State, and were not numbered n
mong its "peoplc or citizens" Consequently
INC sPec'" ,'sn'' anu ,''''iu',''e' .' s'"'"I'.a
10 c'''ze'is 10 not aPp'y 10 '''e'h' anu uo'
Depg ci.'~ens "Nhih INC meaning VI 'nc
CONSTITUTION 'hcy are not eh''sied 10 sue "a
.nat character III court OF inc on''eo
S1.eS' ,.'.. anu '"' o'.o'' >'u'' i''s "o' J"'''-
octlon ID III s"cii suit, =.
" ,.I ON! '"o .,'."S'S ''' 'io ov"s''"'
'ioh "hcn pom! 10 'h's race 'feat ,hc'n us
Pc'sohS whom was '''o'"i'y ''"iu' 70 u''''
ID rs "r''c''s a." property ana 10 ho'u "'
S'"ses. -,
.; oIncc inc adeptioh OF the Oohstitu''on
oi inc Ohi'ed ota,'S' no state can py any
subsequent law make foreigner OF any 0'n-
or description OF persons citizens o' inc Uni,
'co STATES nor ch'''ie 'hem 10 'he r'gn's ana
privileges secufed 10 'he cit'zens ny 'haI III
o. "a 0'a'e' oy It's laws passca since 'ho
auoP''on o' INC ouhs''.u''o'' may Pu' up
'o'eie"cc VI any o'ner oesc''puoh Vi Po'eouS
uPo" ioo'''iS WIN 1' o"h oi''%e"e' "' ~ al
'ne r'gn's a"u !'Neiegcs e"Joyeu oy 'ne'n
wi'lih i, ,tS dornln,on anu py l's laws pu'
.hat VIII not MAKE h',,' e''l~eh o' 'nS on'-
teu states nor en''le nun 70 sue 'n l's ooa,s'
nor 70 any oi 'hc Iri'iIeges anu '''''''o'''ies
vi e1,'~en ~, III announcer o'a.c -,
.: Inc enanSe IN Puo',c oPlhion ana ,ee,-
ing IN relation 10 the African race, wnlch
mas ,ake" P'"co s'nee 'i'o aooP'ion ol .no ooh,
S'''u'ioh' cannot chahge us constructor ana
Hhcahihg' ana IL Hust oe construed ana au-
1nihis'ereo now accora'hS 10 'hc True mean,
ing ana intention wheh IL was 'or'neo anu
adoPteu;
~ Inc Pla'h.ln haV'hg aolnl''eo' py ms
demurrer 10 TIC pea III aoa'eiheh.' 'h"' MS
ancestors were imported rom hir'ca ana
sou .e s'".cs' he 10 ITO. I'''Ze" I, INC o'''o
H. ITr;,oa S So s " ny ~, an,;,ioa ~
so :, ,La, ohn.ao,or /, ,Lo C;,o,;. c.,
~ TIL ho;no, ,bo caso ,bo ;rdr,o,non, of
tho Court boIow ~ f,vor of ,lo ,io;n,;g on
tho Non in oho,o,nnnt w.s orrnrodns
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