Roger B. Taney,
Porter v. Foley (62 U.S. 393)…
“ Mordecai, that such a writ of error cannot be supported, and does not bring the case before the court.A motion has been made, on behalf of the plaintiff in error, to remand the case to the court below, with leave to amend the writ of error and citation. But, as the transcript stands, there is no case before us in which we can exercise a power of amendment. We can do nothing more than dismiss it for want of jurisdiction. ”
