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Allen v. Tarlton

154 U.S. 596 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1874-03-23 Docket No. 251 English

Delivered by Waite C.J.

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ALLEN v. TARLTON.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE or LOUISIANA.
No. 251.
Submitted March 16, 1874.
Decided March 23, 1874.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Motion to dismiss.
Mr. .Miles Taylor and Mr. P. Phillips for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr. Charles W. Hornor for defendants in error. _

delivered the opinion of the court.

The writ of error taken in this cause is dismissed, because it does not appear that judgment of the state court necessarily involved the decision of any question which could give this court jurisdiction. Dismissed.