McCandless v. Pratt

Citations

• 211 U.S. 437
• 29 S. Ct. 144
• 53 L. Ed. 271
• 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1556

Syllabus

<p>The jurisdiction of this court can only be invoked by a party having a personal interest in the litigation. Smithy. Indiana, 191 U. S. 138.</p> <p>A writ of error will not lie to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, dismissing the bill in a suit brought by a taxpayer to enjoin the land commissioner from an alleged unauthorized use of public lands where it does not appear that complainant would be personally injured by the threatened use.</p> <p>Qu(ere and not decided, whether any citizen and taxpayer has a right to maintain a suit in the courts of Hawaii to enjoin the land commissioner from acts involving unauthorized use of public lands, or whether if that right exists a personal loss to complainant must appear.</p> <p>Qucere and not decided, whether the land laws of Hawaii are Federal statutes within the meaning, and by virtue of § 83 of the organic act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 141,c. 339, so that their construction, involves a Federal question.</p>