Tarver v. Keach, 82 U.S. 67

The CHIEF JUSTICE

delivered the opinion of the court.

In Detonas v. The Insurance Company * decided at ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍last term, we held that when “ a decision holding a contract void is made by the highest court of ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍a State upon the general principles by which courts determine that a transaction is good or bad on principles of public ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍policy, the decision is one we are not authorized to review.” We are entirely satisfied with that judgment and with ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍the grounds assigned for it, and do not think it necessary to restate them. It follows that the writ of ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‍error to the Supreme Court of Texas must be

Dismissed.

Notes

*

14 Wallace, 661.

Case Details

Case Name: Tarver v. Keach

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jan 18, 1873

Citations: 82 U.S. 67; 21 L. Ed. 82; 15 Wall. 67; 1872 U.S. LEXIS 1232

Court Abbreviation: U.S.