Manila Investment Co. v. Trammell

Citations

• 239 U.S. 31
• 36 S. Ct. 12
• 60 L. Ed. 129
• 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1520

Syllabus

<p>Mere breach of contract on the part of state officers does not amount to a taking of plaintiff’s property without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.</p> <p>Where the allegation of the bill relied on to give jurisdiction shows mere breach of contract on the part of state officers the case does not present a real ánd substantial controversy involving the construction or effect of the Federal Constitution and the District Court does not have jurisdiction on that ground.</p>