Giles v. Teasley
Giles v. Teasley
Opinion of the Court
— If we accept (without deciding) as correct the insistence laid in appellant’s brief that section 186 of Article VIII of the Constitution of 1901 is void because repugnant to the 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution of the United States, then the defendants were wholly without authority to register the plaintiff as a voter and their refusal to do so cannot be made the predicate for a recovery of damages against them.
On the other hand, if that section is the source of their authority, the jurisdiction is expressly conferred
Affirmed.
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- Giles v. Teasley, Board of Registrars, etc.
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