Leonard v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 198 U.S. 416
• 25 S. Ct. 750
• 49 L. Ed. 1108
• 1905 U.S. LEXIS 1076

Syllabus

<p>THe rule reiterated that persons may by their acts, or omissions to act, waive rights which they might otherwise have under the Constitution and laws of the United States; and the question whether they have or have not lost such rights by their failure to act, or by their action, is not a Federal question.</p> <p>The judgment in this case rested on grounds broad enough to sustain it independent of any Federal question.</p>