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· 5/7/1883

Ex Parte Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company

Citations

  • 108 U.S. 566
  • 2 S. Ct. 876
  • 27 L. Ed. 812
  • 1883 U.S. LEXIS 1070

Syllabus

<p>Mandamus — Jurisdiction—Practice—Beplevin.</p> <p>A writ of mandamus cannot be used to bring up for review a judgment of a circuit court on a plea to the jurisdiction. '</p> <p>Where a circuit court on demurrer vacated and quashed a writ of replevin for want of jurisdiction, it was a final judgment, and it was, if the case was otherwise within the court’s jurisdiction, subject to review on a writ of error.</p>

Judges: Waite

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