MOORE v. MISSISSIPPI


88 U.S. 636 (____)

21 Wall. 636

MOORE v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for the plaintiff in error.

Messrs. T.W. Bartley and G.F. Edmonds, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The only error relied upon in the argument here relates to the action of the Circuit Court of the State in sustaining the demurrer to the plea.

We are not required to re-examine the judgment of a State court simply because a Federal question may have been decided. To give us jurisdiction it must appear that such a question "was necessarily involved in the decision...

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