Harty v. Municipality of Victoria

Citations

• 226 U.S. 12
• 33 S. Ct. 4
• 57 L. Ed. 103
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2127

Syllabus

<p>A suit to recover real estate, like an ordinary action at law, can only be brought to this court from the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands by writ of error; it cannot be brought by appeal.</p> <p>Where, as in this ease, there is no question of law, this court cannot, on writ of error, review the finding of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands that the preponderance of contradictory evidence was on the defendant’s side.</p> <p>Qucere whether in this ease the jurisdictional amount of $25,000 was involved.</p>