Case Name: James v. Bank
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1868-12
Citations: 7 Wall. 692
Docket Number: 
Parties: James v. Bank.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 692–693

Head Matter:
James v. Bank.
Where there ia no bill of exceptions, and nothing upon which error can be 'assigned, the.regular practice is to affirm the judgments, not to dismiss
In error to:the Circuit Court for Louisiana.
The Bank of Mobile brought suit in the court belovi against one'James, on bill .of exchange. The-record of the case, as sent here,'contained nothing but the declaration; the plea of the general issue; the proof of protest of the bill of exchange, indorsed by the defendant, and notice to him of nonpayment, and judgment of the court in favor of'the plaintiff. There was no bill of exceptions-, and nothing upon which error could be assigned.
A motion was now made by Mr. P. Phillips, in behalf of the defendant in error, to dismiss the case'; - an unreported order of dismissal, which was said to have been made at the last term on a ,similar case, being referred to.
Mr. Carlisle, contra.

Opinion:
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
, The regular coúrse, in cases of this description, is to affirm the judgments. The appeal is regularly here, and cannot be dismissed-for want of jurisdiction. The motion, there-, fore, 'must be denied.
Counsel for the appellee has referred us to. an order dis-. missing a writ of error at the last term,- under eircúmstaiices, like those of the case before us. This order must have been entered through inadvertence,' and cannot bé drawn into á' precedent.