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Hammond v. Johnston
Opinion of the Court by Melville Fuller
810015Hammond v. Johnston — Opinion of the CourtMelville Fuller

United States Supreme Court

142 U.S. 73

Hammond  v.  Johnston


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 ground 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, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 407; Hale v. Akers, 132 U.S. 554, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 171; Bridge Co. v. Ctiy of Henderson, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 114. Tested by this rule, the writ of error must be dismissed, and it is so ordered.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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