Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad v. City of Cleveland

Citations

• 235 U.S. 50
• 35 S. Ct. 21
• 59 L. Ed. 127
• 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1035

Syllabus

<p>In order to bring a case to this court under § 237, Judicial Code, the Federal right must have been set up and adjudicated against the claimant by the judgment of the state court; nor can the contention made and passed upon by the state court be enlarged , by .assignments of error to bring the case to this court.</p> <p>An impairment of the obligation of the contract within the meaning of § 10, of Art. I of the Federal Constitution must be by subsequent legislation and not by mere change in judicial decision.</p> <p>A certificate of the state court cannot bring .an additional Federal question into the record, if the record does not otherwise show it to exist. Marvin v. Trout, 199 U. S. 212.</p>