BURR v. DES MOINES RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION CO.


68 U.S. 99 (1863)

1 Wall. 99

BURR v. THE DES MOINES RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued here, on the large mass of testimony brought up, on its merits and as if the record had been in form, by Mr. Gilbert for the plaintiff in error, and by Messrs. Mason and Tracy on the other side.


Mr. Justice MILLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court:

It is very clear that a paper not signed by counsel, nor entered on the record of the court, nor made part of the record of the case by bill of exceptions, or in any other manner, cannot be considered by this court as the foundation on which it is to affirm or reverse the case. It is probable, from the language of the closing paragraph, that the parties considered it as an agreed statement...

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