Jones v. Montague
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE. EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. On November 14, 1902, plaintiffs in error filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, their-' petition for a writ of prohibition.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE. EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. On November 14, 1902, plaintiffs in error filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, their-' petition for a writ of prohibition. The petition set forth that the petitioners were citizens of the United States, citizens and residents of the State of Virginia, and of the third Congressional • district of that State, and entitled to vote at the election held ■ on November. 4, 1902, for a member of the House of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the. opinion of the court.
Mills v. Green, 159 U. S. 651, is decisive, and compels a dismissal of the writ] of error. That was a suit in equity, alleging the calling of a convention to revise the constitution of South Carolina and seeking to enjoin an alleged illegal, partial and void registration by which the plaintiff, and others like him, would be deprived of the right to vote for delegates to the convention. An injunction was granted by the Circuit Court, but was dissolved by the Circuit Court of Appeals and the suit…
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