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p. 552ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF TYLER, TEXAS. No. 159. Motion to dismiss or affirm. — Submitted October 19, 1908. Decided October 26, 1908.
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WRIT OP ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP TEXAS.Writ of error to review 99 Texas, 491, dismissed for want of jurisdiction, there being a non-Federal ground on which the judgment rested sufficient to sustain it without regard to the Federal question, if any, involved.
Mr. Cone Johnson, Mr. Horace Chilton, Mr. Ben B. Cain and Mr. Jamas M. Edwards, for defendants in error in support of the motion.
Mr. E. B. Perkins and Mr. Hiram, Glass for plaintiffs in error. ,
Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361 ; Railway Company v. Fitzgerald, 160 U. S. 556 ; Moran v. Horsky, 178 U. S. 205 ; Johnson v. Risk, 137 U. S. 300 -307; Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Wiggins Ferry Company, 119 U. S. 615 ; Eagan v. Hart, 165 U. S. 188 .
Cases cited
- Eustis v. Bolles 150 U. S. 361 p. 552
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Fitzgerald 160 U. S. 556 p. 552
- Moran v. Horsky 178 U. S. 205 p. 552
- Johnson v. Risk 137 U. S. 300 p. 552
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Wiggins Ferry Co. 119 U. S. 615 p. 552
- Egan v. Hart 165 U. S. 188 p. 552