STEARNS v. WOOD

No. 647.

236 U.S. 75 (1915)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEARNS v. BRIGADIER GENERAL WOOD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hubert J. Turney, with whom Mr. Nathan William MacChesnay and Mr. Don R. Sipe were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Harvey R. Keeler and Mr. Fred C. Geiger for appellant, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a direct appeal from the District Court which held that the original bill states no cause of action. It must be dismissed unless the case involves the construction or application of the Constitution of the United States, or the constitutionality of a Federal statute is fairly drawn in question.

The only serious attempt to show that appellant has a direct personal interest in the subject presented...

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