John Marshall

“ The court then proceeds to render a decree in the cause, from which the defendants have prayed an appeal to this court.
There being no bill, the court cannot inquire into the merits of this decree. The regular course of proceeding would be, on the suggestion of diminution, to award a certiorari for a fuller record. But no counsel appears to suggest diminution, or ask for a certiorari; and the court is satisfied that no fuller record could be brought up. ”