United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 239

by United States Congress

July 14, 1832.

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Chap. CCXXXIX.—An Act to amend the several acts for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida.^[1]

Court of appeals to be composed of judges of the superior courts.
Majority constitute a quorum, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the court of appeals in the territory of Florida, established in virtue of the fourth section of the act of the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, to which this act is an amendment, shall be composed of the judges of the superior courts in said territory respectively, a majority of whom shall be necessary to be present to constitute a quorum to hear and decide causes; but any two of the said judges shall be sufficient to make any interlocutory order, or to grant any writ authorized by any of the acts to which this is an amendment.

Writs of error and appeals authorized to be taken and prosecuted from the highest court of law or equity, &c., in the same manner, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions and regulations contained in the twenty-fifth section of the act of the twenty-fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,” in regard to writs of error and appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States, from a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, shall be applicable to writs of error and appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States from the highest court of law or equity in said territory, having jurisdiction of the subject matter, in the same manner as writs of error and appeals are authorized now to be taken and prosecutedAct of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20. under the aforesaid twenty-fifth section of the act of the twenty-fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, from any court in any state; and writs of error and appeals, in virtue of the said twenty-fifth section, are hereby authorized to be taken and prosecuted from the highest court of law or equity having jurisdiction of the subject matter in the said territory.

The regulations prescribed, &c., shall be observed, &c.
Act of March 3, 1803, ch. 40.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the regulations prescribed by the second section of the act entitled “An act in addition to an act entitled An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,” approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, as far as said regulations shall be practicable, shall be observed in respect to all writs of error and appeals from the said court of appeals in the said territory to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Appeals and writs of error to be allowed only where the amount in controversy exceeds $1000.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That appeals and writs of error may be taken and prosecuted, in all cases, from the decisions and judgments of the highest court of said territory to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the amount in controversy exceeds one thousand dollars.

Approved, July 14, 1832.

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1. Notes of the acts relative to the territorial government of Florida, vol. iii. p. 523.