MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
Has this court authority to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals in this case?
This question arises upon the face of the record, and cannot be ignored; for, the rule is well established that, "on every writ of error or appeal, the first and fundamental question is that of jurisdiction, first of this court, and then of the court from which the record comes." M.C. & L.M. Railway Co...
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