Court Opinion

ID: 87754
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-28 16:01:23+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:31.495313
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71 U.S. 2 (____)
4 Wall. 2
BROBST ET AL.
v.
BROBST.
Supreme Court of United States.

Messrs. Brent and Merrick moved to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction.
The CHIEF JUSTICE:
The question is one of fact, and can only be determined by an examination of the evidence in the record; and it has been repeatedly determined that only questions of law upon distinct points in a cause can be brought to this court by certificate.[*]
An order must be made, therefore, remanding this cause to the Circuit Court, without answer to the question certified, for want of jurisdiction.
NOTES
[*]  Wilson v. Barnum, 8 Howard, 261.