Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case has been brought to this Court on an agreed statement of facts, without any of the proceedings in the Court below being in the record.
It cannot appear therefore that this Court has jurisdiction of the case; which is essential before it can give its judgment in any cause.
We refer also to the eleventh and thirty-first rules of this Court. The eleventh is as follows. "It is ordered by this...
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