JOHNSON v. TOWSLEY


80 U.S. 72 (____)

13 Wall. 72

JOHNSON v. TOWSLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lyman Trumbull, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.M. Woolworth, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The jurisdiction of this court rests on two grounds found in the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, or, perhaps we should rather say, in the 2d section of the act of February 5th, 1867, which seems to be a substitute for the 25th section of the act of 1789, so far as it covers the same ground. The defendant in error relied on his patent, as conclusive of his right to the...

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