LAWLER ET AL. v. WALKER ET AL.


55 U.S. 149 (1852)

14 How. 149

DAVIS B. LAWLER, TIMOTHY WALKER, STEPHEN S. L'HOMMEDIEU, GEORGE GRAHAM, JOHN S. HARRISON, AND JACOB BURNET, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JAMES H. AND JOHN WALKER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued upon printed briefs by Messrs. Fox, Walker, and Grosbeck for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Chase, with whom was Mr. Rockwell, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

We do not think that this court has jurisdiction of this case. We cannot find in the record, nor can it be inferred from any part of it, (the certificate of the Supreme Court included) which of the statutes of Ohio were declared to be valid, which has been alleged to be in conflict with the Constitution of the United States.

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