Case Name: ALLEN v. TARLTON
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1874-03-23
Citations: 154 U.S. 596
Docket Number: No. 251
Parties: ALLEN v. TARLTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 596–596

Head Matter:
ALLEN v. TARLTON.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE or LOUISIANA.
No. 251.
Submitted March 16, 1874.
Decided March 23, 1874.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Motion to dismiss.
Mr. .Miles Taylor and Mr. P. Phillips for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr. Charles W. Hornor for defendants in error. _

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
The writ of error taken in this cause is dismissed, because it does not appear that judgment of the state court necessarily involved the decision of any question which could give this court jurisdiction. Dismissed.