Otis v. Oregon Steamship Co.

Citations

• 116 U.S. 548
• 6 S. Ct. 523
• 29 L. Ed. 719
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1796

Syllabus

<p>If a record shows on its face that a Federal question was not necessarily involved in the decision of a' case in a State Court, and does not show affirmatively that one was raised, this court will not go out of the record to the opinion of that court, or elsewhere, to ascertain whether one was in fact-decided.</p>