Supreme Court of the United States April 10, 1871 (French v. Shoemaker)

Mr. Justice CLIFFORD

delivered the'opiuion of the court.

Accurate conclusions in motions like the present, involv-. ing important questions of practice, are essential to the correct administration of justice in all judicial tribunals exercising appellate powers, but they are especially so in this court, whether the case is brought here from a State court or a Circuit Court, as the jurisdiction of