WHITTEN v. TOMLINSON

No. 619.

160 U.S. 231 (1895)

WHITTEN v. TOMLINSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Baker for appellant.

Mr. Edward H. Rogers, (with whom was Mr. Tilton E. Doolittle on the brief,) for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By the judicial system of the United States, established by Congress under the power conferred upon it by the Constitution, the jurisdiction of the courts of the several States has not been controlled or interfered with, except so far as necessary to secure the supremacy of the Constitution, laws and treaties of the United States.

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