...judiciary act of September 24, 1789, c. 20, 1 Stat. 73, 85, provided that a writ of error would lie to a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest...drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of ... the United States, and the decision is against their validity, ... or where is drawn in question...

...it can issue on a similar proceeding in a state Court. By the twenty-fifth section it is provided, "That a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest Court of law or equity of a stato, in which a decision of the suit could be had," &c. (enumerating the particular classes of cases)...

...judiciary act of 1789, confers appellate jurisdiction on this Court, from final judgments and decrees, in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision of the suit could be had; where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an...

..."It is axiomatic that, in order to give this court jurisdiction on writ of error to the highest court of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, it must appear affirmatively not only that a Federal question was presented for decision by the highest...

...Court shall, upon writ of error, reexamine, reverse, or affirm the final judgment of the highest court of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, if said claim is made in said court at any time before said final judgment is entered and if the decision...

...judgment or decree, actually or constructively deciding such question, when rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, and as for the want of a proper appeal no final judgment or decree in such court has been rendered,...

...statute or treaty of the United States, or of an authority exercised under them, be drawn in question, in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision of the suit could be had ; and a decision is against their validity—if the validity of a statute...

...section of the judiciary act of 1789, but in a case where a final judgment or decree has been rendered in the highest court of law or equity of a state,...authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is againit their validity, &c. or where is drawn in question, the construction of any clause...

...while I read the following provision from the 25th section of the judicial act of the year 1789: " A final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest...authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity, fcfc. may be reexamined and reversed or affirmed in the supreme...

...under such regulations as the Congress shall make." The judiciary act of 1789, c. 20. s. 26. provides, "that a final judgment, or decree, in any suit, in...Court of Law or Equity of a State, in which a decision of the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an...