New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana

Citations

• 185 U.S. 336
• 22 S. Ct. 691
• 46 L. Ed. 936
• 1902 U.S. LEXIS 2198

Syllabus

<p>In order to warrant the exercise by this court of jurisdiction over the judgments of state courts, there must be some fair ground for asserting the existence of a Federal question, and in the absence thereof a writ of error will be dismissed, although the claim of a Federal question was plainly set up; and where by the record it appears that such a claim, although set up, had no substance or foundation, the fact that it was raised was not sufficient to “give this court jurisdiction.</p> <p>That the State has power to forfeit the charter of a corporation for an abuse of its privileges, is recognized as law in Louisiana.</p> <p>In Louisiana a corporation is liable to be proceeded against for taking illegal rates by quo warranto at the suit of the State.</p> <p>Upon a careful review of all the questions, the court is of opinion that no Federal question exists in this record, and that the court is without jurisdiction in this case.</p>