Trims xm.—THE J UDICIARY.——Ch. 10-11. 127 time, unless there he sooner a quorum. If a quorum does not attend 29Apfil.1802,¤- within said twenty days, the business of the court shall he continued over mh? 2lg’éé56· till the nextappointe session; and if, during a term, after a quorum has 12 8,, I 3 v_ 4* 5; assembled, less than that number attend on any day, the justices attend- 332, ’’ ing may adjourn the court from day to day until there is a quorum, or may adjourn without day. _ Sec. 686. The jpsticesattending at any term when less than a quorum P¤‘€1>¤¤‘=¤t¤1‘Y of- IS present, may within the twenty days mentioned in the preceding sec- {ff “‘“‘l" by 1** tion, make all necessary orders touching any suit, proceeding, or process, n u qa0mm' depending in or returned to the court, preparatory to the hearing, trial, 29 April, l802,c_ or decision thereof. 31, S, 1, V, 2, p, 15s_ 21 Jan., 1829, c. 12, s. 1, v. 4, p. 323. 23 July, 1866, c. 210, s. 1, v. 14, p. 209. CHAPTER ELEVEN. SUPRBIE COURT-—JURISDICTIOH. sec. sec. 687. Original jurisdiction. [ 700. Cases tried by the circuit court, with- 688. \Vrits of prohibition and mandamus. out the intervention of a jury. 689. Issues of fact. 701. Judgment or decree on review. 690. Appellate jurisdiction. 702. Writs of error and appeals from ter- 691. Ju gmeuts in circuit court on writ of I ritorial courts. error. I 703. When a Territory becomes a State 692. Appeals in equity and admiralty l after judgment or decree in territocases. rial court. 693. Review of decisions of circuit court ‘ 704. Judgments and decrees of district on certificate of division of opinion. courts in cases transferred from ter- 694. Casesdpendiilg in Supreme Court fromritorial courts. mid e an nort ern districts of705. Judgments and decrees of supreme Alabama. l court of District of Columbia. 695. Appeals in prize causes. ‘ 706. Cases where matter in dispute ex- 696. Appeals in prize causes remaining in ceeds $100. circuit courts. 707. Appeals from the Court of Claims. 697. Points certified on division of opinion 708. Time and manner of appeals from the in a circuit court. Court of Claims. 698. Transcri ts on appeals. 709. Judgmentsand decrees of State courts 699. Writs of} error and appeals, without , on writ of error. reference to amount.710. Precedence of writs of error to State l courts in criminal cases. Sec. 687. The Supreme Court shall have egrclusive jurisdiction of all tlggigiml l“'i“dl°' controversies of a civil nature where a State 18 al party, except between a State and its citizens, or between a State and citizens of other States, 20,,,_l3*?,;j1 ,,;,3: or aliens, in which latter cases it shall have original, but not exclusive, jurisdiction. And it shall have exclusively. all such jurisdiction of suits Fowler ;,_ uml_ or proceedings against embassadors, or other public ministers, or their my, 3 Dglq 41]; domestic, or domestic servants, as a court of law can have consistently N¢W_Y0rk v. Conwith the law of nations; and original, but not exclusive, jurisdiction of Q,°°g°‘;l·‘;,E,*E:é· lg all suits brought hy embassadors, or other public ministers, or in which a C,1_, {15; C0l,,,,,;,,,_ consul or vice-consul is a party. ISM li 4068-•0¤•·1 Virginia, 6 Wh., 264; Osborn r. United States Bank, 9 Wh., 738; Governor of Georgia r. Madrazo, l Pet.. 110; Cherokee Nation r. Georgia, 5 Pet., 1; New Jersey v. New York, 5 Pet., 284;Ez§rlz Madrazo, 7 Pet., 627; Rhode sland v. Massachusetts, 12 Pet.,657; Rhode Island v. assachusetts, 13 Pet., 23; Rhode Island c. Massachusetts, 14 Pet. 210; Rhode Island v. M•m.<:husetts, 15 Pet., 233; Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 4 llow., 591; Missouri v. Iowa, 7 How., 660; Florida 12. Georgia, 17 How., 478; Pennsylvania v. Wheeling Bridge, 18 How., 460; Kentucky v. Dennison, governor, 24 How., 66; Georgia v. Stanton 6 Wall., 50; Texas v. White, 7 Wall., 700; ennsylvania v. Quicksilver Companyllwwall., 553; Virginia v. West Virginia, 11 Wall., 39; Commonwealth v. Boutwell, 13 all., 526. Railway Conpfsny 1:. Ramsey, 22 Wall., 322; Hoadley v. San Francisco, 94, U. 8.,4; Ea: parte Smith, U. $.,455. E bassadors: . U. Swan. Ravara, 2 Dal1.,297; U. S. v. Ortega, 11 Wh.,467. Sec. 688. The Supreme Court shall bavglpower to issue writs of pro- _Writ¤ of pmlrihibition in the district courts, when proce mg as courts of admiralty ::3:” “”" “"’·“‘“' and maritime jurisdiction; and writs of mandamus, in cases warranted _.;
