Martin

vs. Hunter’s Le ee, Virginia. In 1791 Martin brought a suit of ejectment against the defendant in the District Court of Virginia for the recovery of certain lands. This court decided for the defendant. The Court of Appeals of Virginia reversed this decision, and their judgment was in turn reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1816. This judgment the Court of Appeals of Virginia refused to execute, being of the ‘‘ unanimous opinion that the appellate power of the Supreme Court of the United States does not extend to this court under a sound construction of the Constitution of the United States,” and “that the Act of Congre to that effect is not in pursuance of the said Constitution.” The Supreme Court overruled this decision and established its prerogative upon such points.