Hammond v. Johnston
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The court stated the case as follows : This was an action of ejectment, for a lot described, brought in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, June 15, 1874:. The facts necessary to be considered in the disposition of the case are as follows: Joseph Hunot claimed a head right of 800 arpents of land, under the Spanish government, dated in 1802, and located in what is now New Madrid County, Missouri.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The court stated the case as follows : This was an action of ejectment, for a lot described, brought in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, June 15, 1874:. The facts necessary to be considered in the disposition of the case are as follows: Joseph Hunot claimed a head right of 800 arpents of land, under the Spanish government, dated in 1802, and located in what is now New Madrid County, Missouri. On May 12,-1810, he conveyed this land by warranty deed to Joseph Yandenbenden, and on November é, 1815, Yandenbenden conveyed the same by a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
It is well settled that where the Supreme Court of a State decides a Federal question in rendering a judgment, and also decides against the plaintiff in error upon an independent grpund not involving a Federal question and broad enough to maintain the judgment, the writ of error will be dismissed without considering the Federal question. Hopkins v. McLure, 133 U. S. 380; Hale v. Akers, 132 U. S. 554; Henderson Bridge Co. v. Henderson City, 141 U. S 679.
Tested by this rule,
The writ of error must be dismissed, and it is so ordered.
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Hopkins v. McLureSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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