Melville Fuller

“ Ct. 494, which was a bill filed by the water company against the city of El Paso for an injunction, it was alleged, among other things, that if certain bonds were issued the complainant would be compelled to pay taxes on its property for the interest on the bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for the principal thereof, but the amount of the tax that would be thereby cast upon complainant's property was not disclosed ”

“ We are of opinion that where the jurisdiction of the court below is in issue, and the case is certified to us for decision, the certificate must be granted during the term at which the judgment or decree is entered, by analogy to the statutory provisions on that subject which obtained in relation to certificates of division of opinion,-Rev. ”

“ Ct. 353) ,-and in view of the general rule as to the inability of the court to deal with matters of this sort after the expiration of the term (Hickman v. City of Ft. Scott, 141 U.S. 415, 12 Sup. Ct. 9; Morse v. Anderson, 150 U.S. 156, 14 Sup. Ct. 43) . ”