Arrowsmith v. Harmoning

Citations

• 118 U.S. 194
• 6 S. Ct. 1023
• 30 L. Ed. 243
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1918

Syllabus

<p>This court has jurisdiction, in error, over a judgment of the Supreme Court of a State when it necessarily involves the decision of the question, raised in that appellate court for the first time, and not noticed in its opinion, whether a statute of the State conflicts with the Constitution of the United States.</p> <p>When the legislature of a State enacts laws for the government of its courts while exercising their respective jurisdictions, which, if followed, will furnish parties the necessary constitutional protection of life, liberty and property, it has performed its constitutional duty: and if one of its courts, acting within its jurisdiction, makes an erroneous decision in this respect, the State cannot be deemed guilty of violating the Constitutional provision that no State shall deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.</p>