Supreme Court of the United States, 1885

Jacks v. Helena

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 9, 1885 · Waite

115 U.S. 288; 6 S. Ct. 39; 29 L. Ed. 392; 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1838 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. M. T. Sanders and Mr. James P. Clarke for the motion., Mr. J. C. Tayrpan and Mr. J. J. Hornor opposing.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Bailey v. Block (District Court, District of Columbia 1937)
Kreiger v. Shelby Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1888)
Boston Hydraulic Gold Min. Co. v. Eagle Copper & Silver Min. Co (Supreme Court of the United States 1885)

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Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court. These motions are granted-on the authority of Detroit City Railway Co. v. Guthard, 114 U. S. 133, and the cases there cited. It appears distinctly on the face of the opinion of the court below, which, by the laws of Arkansas, forms part of the record, Rev. Stat. Ark. 1884, § 1318 [Gannt’s Dig. (1874) §§ 1108,1109], that the decision of the case -was put, and properly put, on a ground which did not involve a consideration of the Federal question that may possibly have, been presented by one of the several defences set up in the answer of the city, to wit: that the Constitution of 1S74 prohibited the issue of the-bonds in dispute. In fact, it is intimated in the opinion, that, if the case had rested on this defence alone, the judgment would have been the other way.

Dismissed.

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