A substitute proposed by Mr. Miller, of Powhatan, for the report and resolutions concerning the citation of the Commonwealth to answer a complaint before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Ritchie, printer for the Commonwealth
Published: 1821
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Judicial power -- United States; Judicial power -- Virginia; State rights
Notes: "Printed by order of the House of Delegates."
An inquiry into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and a protest against its right to examine and correct a judgment rendered by the state courts of Virginia in a case arising from an act of Congress empowering the corporation of the city of Washington to establish lotteries for effecting the improvement of the city, and the consequent vending and distributing of lottery tickets within the jurisdictional limits of Virginia, contrary to the laws of the state.