Downham v. Alexandria

Citations

• 76 U.S. 659
• 19 L. Ed. 807
• 9 Wall. 659
• 1869 U.S. LEXIS 1014

Syllabus

<p>1. The act of the Virginia legislature of February 27th, 1867, by which it was enacted that appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State from the State District Courts should not be allowed when those last fully affirmed the judgments of the County Courts, unless the matter in controversy exceeded $1000, is not inconsistent with the provision in the Constitution of 1864, which exclnded appeals from the said District Courts to the Supreme Court, except in certain cases specified, unless the matter in controversy amounted to $500.</p> <p>2. Where the State court in which a judgment in a suit is given is the highest court of law or equity in the State in which a decision in that suit can be had, a right of review exists here under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act (if the case be otherwise one for review here under that section), although that court may not be actually the highest court of law or equity in the State.</p>