Stearns v. Wood
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN. DISTRICT OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court on a direct appeal from the District Court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
This is a direct appeal from the District Court which held that the original bill states no cause of action. It must be dismissed unless the case involves the construction. or application of the Constitution of the United States, or the constitutionality of a Federal statute is fairly drawn in question.
The only serious attempt to show'that appellant has a direct personal interest in the subject presented is found in the section of the bill which alleges that he is now serving as a Major in the Inspector General’s Department of the Ohio National Guard and is aggrieved because defendant Wood,…
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