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Washington County v. Durant
74 U.S. 6947 Wall. 694·Supreme Court of the United States·1868
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Opinion
Washington County v. Durant.
Cases cannot be brought within the appellate jurisdiction of this court by agreement of parties, and .without an appeal allowed or writ/ of error served.
TiiE'record showed that this cause had been brought here from the Circuit Court for Iowa, as on a writ of error,'62/ agreement of parties, and without the issuing pr service of such a writ. Coming before this court on a printed argument for the defendant in error, and the fact above-mentioned being observed by the court, the appeal was dismissed ;
Decided at December Term, 1865.
[MAJORITY — the CHIEF JUSTICE]
the CHIEF JUSTICE
stating it to be the opinion of the court, that an appeal allowed or a writ of error served, was essential to the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction.