Chapter 236.
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CHAP. 236.— An act to provide for writs of error or appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases involving the question of the jurisdiction of the courts below.February 25, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Jurisdiction of circuit courts. That in all cases where a final judgment or decree shall be rendered in a circuit court of the United States in which there shall have been a question involvingR.
S., sec. 639, p. 131. the jurisdiction of the court, the party against whom the judgment or decree is rendered shall be entitled to an appeal or writAppeal or writ of error to Supreme Court without reference to amount. of error to the Supreme Court of the United States to review such judgment or decree without reference to the amount of the same; but in cases where the decree or judgment does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars the Supreme Court shall not review anyOnly jurisdiction to be reviewed. question raised upon the record except such question of jurisdiction; such writ of error or appeal shall be taken and allowed under the same provisions of law as apply to other writs of error or appeals except as provided in the next following section.
Sec. 2. That in cases of judgments or decrees mentioned in theLimitation. first section of this act, and heretofore rendered, where the period of limitation for taking writs of error or appeals in other cases has not expired, appeals or writs of error may be sued out at any time within one year after the passage of this act. Approved, February 25, 1889.