Case: NORTHWESTERN UNION PACKET CO. v. HOME INSURANCE CO.
Abbreviation: Northwestern Union Packet Co. v. Home Insurance
Decision Date: 1872-01-29
Docket Number: No. 467
Citation: 154 U.S. 588
Volume: 154
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: NORTHWESTERN UNION PACKET CO. v. HOME INSURANCE CO.
Judges: 
Pages: 588–588

Head Matter:
NORTHWESTERN UNION PACKET CO. v. HOME INSURANCE CO.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
No. 467.
Submitted January 19, 1872.
Decided January 29, 1872.
A writ of error to the highest court of a State must be allowed, either by a justice of this court, or a judge of that court.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. L. Adis for plaintiff in error.
Mr. George W. McCrary for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Chase
delivered the opinion of the court.
,On looking at the record we find no allowance of a writ of error, either by a 'justice of this court or by a judge of the state court. We have repeatedly decided that such an allowance was necessary, upon a writ of error addressed to the highest court of the State, by which the judgment or decree could be rendered. Callan v. May, 2 Black, 541, 543; Twitchell v. The Commonwealth, 7 Wall. 321; Gleason v. Florida, 9 Wall. 779. The case of Davidson v. Lanier, 4 Wall. 447, 453, referred to by counsel for the plaintiff in error, was a writ of error addressed to an inferior court of the United States, and is therefore inapplicable.
The writ before us must be Dismissed.
The above was rescinded May 6, 1872, and writ of certiorari granted. The case was afterwards decided at December term, 1872, as No. 228. Argued and submitted and affirmed' April 18, 1873.