COLVIN v. JACKSONVILLE

No. 874.

157 U.S. 368 (1895)

COLVIN v. JACKSONVILLE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. Bisbee for appellant.

Mr. John C. Cooper for appellees. Mr. A.W. Cockrell filed a brief for same.


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

It is claimed on behalf of the appellant that the appeal may be sustained in this case because it is one in which the question of the jurisdiction of the court below is in issue, and thus within section five of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891.

But that section provides that "in such case the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the court...

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