Shreveport v. Cole
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Jacobs and Smith filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana, describing themselves as “ residents of Shreveport, Louisiana,” on the 11th day of February, 1882, against the city of Shreveport, “a municipal corporation, established by the State of Louisiana, situated in the parish of Caddo, in said State of Louisiana, and within said…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Jacobs and Smith filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana, describing themselves as “ residents of Shreveport, Louisiana,” on the 11th day of February, 1882, against the city of Shreveport, “a municipal corporation, established by the State of Louisiana, situated in the parish of Caddo, in said State of Louisiana, and within said Western District,” alleging it to be “ justly indebted to petitioner in the sum of forty-seven thousand four hundred and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered' the opinion of the court.
Unless this suit was one “ arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States,” the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction ; and if it did not really and substantially involve a dispute ■ or controversy as to the effect or construction .of the Constitution or some law, upon the determination of which the recovery-depended, then it was not a'suit so arising. Starin v. New York, 115 U. S. 248, 257; Gold Washing and Water Co. v. Keyes, 96 U. S. 199..'The' case at bar ivas in effect an action at law to…
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