Giles v. Teasley, Board of Registrars
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF AUABAMA.. These cases are writs of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. In No. 337, the action was brought to recover damages in the sum of $5,000 against the board of registrars of Montgomery County, Alabama, for refusing to register the plaintiff as a qualified elector of the State."
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF AUABAMA.. These cases are writs of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. In No. 337, the action was brought to recover damages in the sum of $5,000 against the board of registrars of Montgomery County, Alabama, for refusing to register the plaintiff as a qualified elector of the State." The substance of the coin-plaint is : The plaintiff is a. native of the State of Alabama;, a resident of Montgomery County for thirty yéars, and of the voting precinct for more than two years. lie applied forrég' istration, having theretofore enjoyed the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Day,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered'the opinion of the court.
The right to review in this court the judgment of a state court is regulated by section 709 of the Revised Statutes. The extent and nature of the remedy therein given has been the subject of numerous decisions. The jurisdiction in the cases now under consideration is1 invoked because of alleged denial of the rights óf the plaintiff in error, secured to him by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. When the jurisdiction depends, as in the present cases, upon a…
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