BEUTTELL v. MAGONE

No. 118.

157 U.S. 154 (1895)

BEUTTELL v. MAGONE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin B. Smith for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The contention is advanced that as each party below requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor, this was equivalent to a stipulation waiving a jury and submitting the case to decision of the court. From this premise two conclusions are deduced; first, that, there being no written stipulation, the decision below cannot be reviewed upon writ of error; second...

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