Swafford v. Templeton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE' CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ■ TENNESSEE. This action was begun by Swafford, plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee.
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ERROR TO THE' CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ■ TENNESSEE. This action was begun by Swafford, plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee. Templeton and Pearcy, defendants in error, were made defendants to the action, the object of which was to recover damages for an asserted wrongful refusal by the defendants to permit the plaintiff to vote at a national election for a member of the House of Representatives,, held on November 6, 1900, in the district of the residence of the plaintiff. The declaration…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The sole question is, Did the Circuit Court err in dismissing the action, on the ground that it was not one within the jurisdiction of the court ? An affirmative answer to this question is rendered necessary by the decision in Wiley v. Sinkler, 179 U. S. 58. In that case the action was brought in a Circuit Court of the United States against state election officers to recover damages in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for an alleged unlawful rejection of plaintiff’s vote at a Federal election. A demurrer was filed to the complaint. One of the grounds of the demurrer was that the court…
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