Doyle v. Atwell, 261 U.S. 590 (1923)

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Doyle v. Atwell


No. 306


Submitted March 12, 1923
Decided April 9, 1923
261 U.S. 590

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

This Court is without jurisdiction to review a judgment of a state court based not only upon a ground involving a federal question, but also upon an independent ground of state procedure involving no federal question and broad enough to sustain the judgment. P. 592.

Writ of error to review 197 App.Div. 225; 232 N.Y. 96, dismissed.

Error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of New York, entered on mandate from the Court of Appeals, dismissing petitions for habeas corpus.