The United States adopted the English Common Law and court structure in the early day there were quarter sessions courts and surrogate courts. America was a frontier country, and each colony adapted differently. This all changed during the Constitutional Convention the decision was the separate the federal court and the state court known as the dual court system. Even in today’s society, we are under that same dual court system. A parallel system of criminal justice was formed with this. However, you have some actual state crimes and some purely Federal Crimes, but sometimes there is an overlapping crime, which is in the middle that violates both state and federal law.
During the Civil Era, state courts were in disagreement or dispute
During the Civil Era, state courts were in disagreement or dispute