Brown Vs. Baxter

brown v. baxter - 146 u.s. 619 (1892) u.s. supreme court brown v. baxter, 146 u.s. 619 (1892) brown v. baxter no. 1123 submitted december 12, 1892 decided december 19, 1892 146 u.s. 619 error to the court of appeals of the state of kentucky syllabus a writ of error to the court of appeals of a state to review a judgment of that court dismissing an appeal and remanding the case for further proceedings in the state court below is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. page 146 u. s. 620 this was an action begun and prosecuted to judgment in a circuit court of the kentucky. from that judgment, appeal and cross-appeal were taken to the court of appeals of the state. that court, after hearing, ordered "that said judgment be reversed on the original appeal and affirmed on the cross-appeal and cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion herein, which is ordered to be certified to said court." the case was brought here by writ of error, to review a federal question. the chief justice: the writ of error is dismissed upon the authority of meagher v. minnesota co., 145 u. s. 608 ; rice v. sanger, 144 u. s. 197 ; johnson v. keith, 117 u. s. 199 .