Rixey ex rel. Rixey v. Cox — 235 U.S. 687

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p. 687

No. 26.

C. J. Rixey, an Insane Person, by C. J. Rixey, Jr., Appellant, v. Robert H. Cox, Sergeant of the City of Alexandria, Va.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Submitted October 26, 1914.

Decided November 2, 1914.

Dismissed for the want of juris- • diction upon the authority of. (1) Farrell v. O'Brien, 199

p. 688

U. S. 89 , 100; David Kaufman & Sons Co. v. Smith, 216 U. S. 610 ; Cassidy v. Colorado, 223 U. S. 707 ; (2) In re Converse, 137 U. S. 624 , 632; Compagnie Francaise &c. v. Board of Health, 186 U. S. 380 , 393; Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U. S. 11 , 25-27.

Mr. John L. Jeffries and Mr. Jas. B. Catón for the appellant. Mr. J. Garland Pollard and Mr. Christopher B. Garnett for the appellee.

Cases cited

David Kaufman & Sons Co. v. Smith 216 U. S. 610 SCOTUS 1910-03-07 p. 688
223 U. S. 707 223 U. S. 707 p. 688
In re Converse 137 U. S. 624 SCOTUS 1891-01-05 p. 688
Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health 186 U. S. 380 SCOTUS 1902-06-02 p. 688
Jacobson v. Massachusetts 197 U. S. 11 SCOTUS 1905-02-20 p. 688