MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.
As the matter in dispute does not reach the jurisdictional sum or value, it is contended that this court has jurisdiction to entertain the writ of error because "the validity of an authority exercised under the United States" was drawn in question in the case. 23 Stat. 443, c. 355.
The claim of the relator arises under the last clause of section 2 of the act of March 3, 1835, entitled "An Act to...
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