Kennebec Railroad v. Portland Railroad

Citations

• 81 U.S. 23
• 20 L. Ed. 850
• 14 Wall. 23
• 1871 U.S. LEXIS 972

Syllabus

<p>The court reasserts the principle that, in cases brought here by writs of errar to the State courts, it will not entertain jurisdiction if it appears that, besides the Federal question decided by the State court, there is another and distinct ground on which the judgment or decree can be sustained, and which is suificient to support it.</p>