Skaneateles Water Works Co. v. Skaneateles
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the record having been remitted to that court from the Court of Appeals after the hearing of an appeal to the latter court and an affirmance by it of the judgment appealed from. 161 N. Y. 154. The action was brought by the water company to restrain the village of Skaneateles and the individual defendants, its officers, from proceeding further with the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the record having been remitted to that court from the Court of Appeals after the hearing of an appeal to the latter court and an affirmance by it of the judgment appealed from. 161 N. Y. 154. The action was brought by the water company to restrain the village of Skaneateles and the individual defendants, its officers, from proceeding further with the construction of a waterworks system, or from doing any thing in furtherance of the construction or operation of any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pecicham
The power of this court to review the judgment of the New York Court of Appeals is limited to a consideration of the question whether any right of the plaintiff’s protected by the Federal Constitution has been denied by the judgment. Whether the plaintiff is entitled to relief under the facts disclosed in the record upon general principles of equitable jurisdiction, is not a matter for us to inquire into, so long as the question does not involve the constitutional rights of the plaintiff.
The claim is made that the ordinance adopted by the authorities of. the village of Skaneateles in 1896,…
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