Coffey v. County of Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE ' DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. An unconstitutional statute affords- protection to no one who has acted under it.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE ' DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. An unconstitutional statute affords- protection to no one who has acted under it. And the judgment rendered in accordance with its mandate is a nullity everywhere. -Si-monds v. Simonds 103 Massachusetts, 572; Campbell v. Sherman, 35 Wisconsin, 103; Memore v. Collins, 17 Ohio St. 665; Astrom v. Hammond, 3 McLean, 107; Woolsey v. Dodge, 6 McLean, 142. A judgment rendered by the court upon a matter not within the pleadings nor tendered by the issues of the case must' be treated as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The plaintiff in error, a citizen of Kansas, brought an action of ejectment against the defendant in error, a citizen of Nebraska, in the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska, where there was judgment for the defendant, which is brought here by writ of error on a constitutional question. The land sought to be recovered was once the property of Ezra S. Whitney, through whom both parties claim title; the plaintiff, through a deed of the land executecl and delivered by Whitney, on November 30, 1898; the defendant, under a sale of the land on execution in pursuance of a levy duly made on…
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