Chouteau v. Gibson
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI. This was a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
From the beginning it has been held that to give us jurisdiction in this class of cases it must appear affirmatively on the face of'the record, not only that a federal question was raised and presented to the highest court of the State for decision, but that it was decided, or that its decision was necessary to the judgment or decree rendered in the case. Murdock v. Memphis, 20 Wall. 590, 636.
'" The present record shows that Chouteau and Maffit began this suiVagainst Gibson in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, t<5 obtain a conveyance of certain lands, which they claimed that he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Murdock v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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