Lehigh Water Co. v. Easton

Citations

• 121 U.S. 388
• 7 S. Ct. 916
• 30 L. Ed. 1059
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2057

Syllabus

<p>The provision'In the Constitution of the United'States that f‘nó State ,sháll pass any law impairing the obligation of 'contracts ” necessarily refers to the law made after the’particular contract in suit. -</p> <p>'The judgment of the'highest court of,a state involving the enforcement or interpretation of a contract is not reviewablé in this coitft, under the. clause of the Constitution protecting the obligation of contracts against ' impairment by state legislation, and under the existing statutes defining' ánd regulating its jurisdiction, unless by its terms' or necessary, opera- ’ tion it gives effect to some provision 6f the state constitution, or. some legislative enactment of the gtate claimed by the .unsuccessful party to impair the contract in question. •,</p>