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p. 559SHAW v. UNITED STATES. No. 426. Motion to dismiss or affirm. — Submitted November 16, 1908. Decided November 30, 1908.
Syllabus
APPPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ■ THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.American Sugar Refining Co. v. United States, 211 U. S. 155 , which held that a direct appeal from the- Circuit Court would not lie in a case
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where the only real substantial point was whether an officer of the United States had misconstrued the tariff act of 1897, followed, and appeal dismissed.
Writ of error to reverse 141 Fed. Rep. 469 , dismissed.
The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the appellee in support of the motion.
Mr. Edward S. Hatch, for the appellant, in opposition to the motion.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Shaw v. United States, 141 Fed. Rep. 469 ; United States v. Shaw, 144 Fed. Rep. 329 , and opinion of Board of General Appraisers, Shaw v. United States, 203 U. S. 591 ; American Sugar Refining Company v. United States, decided to-day, 211 U. S. 155 .
Cases cited
- American Sugar Refining Co. v. United States 211 U. S. 155 p. 559, p. 560
- Shaw v. United States 203 U. S. 591 p. 560