Supreme Court of the United States March 2, 1896, 642 (Carey v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.)

Mr. Chief Justice Fuller

delivered the opinion of the court.

By the fifth section of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, it is provided that appeals may be taken from the Circuit Courts directly to this court “ in any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue; in such cases the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the