MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court, and, after making the above statement, proceeded as follows:—
By the express terms of the act of Congress of Feb. 16, 1875, c. 77, defining the jurisdiction of this court, in cases such as the present, we are limited to a determination of the questions of law arising upon the record, including the rulings of the Circuit Court, presented in a bill of exceptions. And, as was decided in The Abbotsford...
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