Noah Haynes Swayne

“ A rehearing was applied for by the defendants and granted by the court. The case was reheard and the former decree was affirmed. The defendants thereupon prosecuted this writ and are the plaintiffs in error in this court.
Both the Judiciary Act of 1789, [1] and the amendatory act of 1867, [2] limit the jurisdiction of this court in this class of cases to final judgments and decrees. The decree of the Supreme Court of Illinois before us is not of that character. ”