Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor Railroad

Citations

• 178 U.S. 239
• 20 S. Ct. 867
• 44 L. Ed. 1052
• 1900 U.S. LEXIS 1671

Syllabus

<p>When a suit does not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy as to the effect or construction of the Constitution or laws of the United States, upon the determination of which the result depends, it is not a suit' under the Constitution and laws; and it must appear on the record, by a statement in legal and logical form, such as is required in good pleading, that the suit is one which does really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy as to a right which depends on the construction of the Constitution, or some law or treaty of the United States, before jurisdiction can be maintained on this ground.</p>