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Sevier v. Haskell U.S. 12 (1872)

handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0368 and id is 1 raw text is: SEVIER V, HASKELL. Syllabus. edly acted upon before the adoption of the constitution of 1868, and has been invariably adhered to ever since. The question whether this article 128 be valid or invalid as an act of legisla- tion, and in relation to article 10 of the Constitution of the United States, may possess considerable speculative interest, but we do not perceive that it can, in this ease, have a practical in- fluence upon the result. For the reasons given it is ordered and adjudged that the judgment appealed from be affirmed with costs. It thus appears that the provision of the State constitution upon the subject of slave contracts was in no wise drawn in question. The decision was governed by the settled prin- ciples of the jurisprudence of the State. In such cases this court has no power of review. No right was claimed by either party under any State law or the constitution of the State which ws resisted upon the ground of repugnancy to the Constitution, or a treaty or law of the United States, the decision having been in favor of the validity of the right so asserted. There is certainly no foundation for such a com- plaint on the part of the plaintiff in error. In the absence of such a claim and decision we cannot take cognizance of the case. This element, which is indispensable to our ju- risdiction, is wanting. Substakitially the same question arose in The Bank of West Tennessee v. The Citizens' Bank of Louisiana, heretofore decided.* The writ of error was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The same disposition must be made of this case. WRIT DISMISSED. SEVIER V. HASKELL. The Supreme Court of Arkansas ordered judgment for a plaintiff suing on a note given for the price of slaves. Subsequently to this the State of Louisiana ordained as part of its constitution, that all contracts for the sale or purchase of slaves were null and void, and that no court of the State * Supra, p. 9, the preceding case. [Sup. Ct,

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